Learn how to get involved with Able Athletics and our club and decorate wooden picture frames, using paint pens and stickers, with inspirational words. We will give these picture frames to Able athletes and their families.
The SHS Able Athletics Club supports—through fundraising, volunteering, and raising awareness—the mission of Able Athletics, an organization that empowers children with disabilities through athletic programming and educates and trains volunteers in the value and power of inclusivity.
ART2HEARTS provides bright and vibrant artwork to the Pediatric Units of hospitals around the world. Those involved will participate in creating pieces of art that will go directly to where children are treated in hospitals to ensure that their environment is transformed from the typical hospital setting to one that is adorned with bright colors and inviting works of art. By transforming hospital spaces, they will become more welcoming and less "scary" for the pediatric patients who are especially impacted by their surroundings. Studies have shown that exposure to bright colors and art, particularly for children, has a direct correlation to more positive mental health and medical outcomes.
Come join the Jewish Culture Club in making bracelets for kids with cancer who attend Sunrise Day Camp in Israel. Sunrise is a day camp, located in both the United States and Israel, dedicated to kids who are battling cancer, as well as their siblings. We will be writing inspirational messages with special beads for the kids to wear with pride this summer! Additionally, we will be writing notes to go along with the bracelets, so the kids feel even more appreciated!
Join us in making beaded bracelets for patients in the New York Proton Center! We will provide colorful beads, charms, alphabet beads, etc. for you to work with. Our donation will truly help brighten someone's day.
During our activity we will be making bracelets with colorful and lettered beads to give to the children at White Plains Hospital. Our activity will express an uplifting message to the children going through a difficult time in their life.
Students will be outside, by the brook, picking up trash that has accumulated in/near the water. This is important for the health of SHS’ brook, and can be a fun (and sometimes competitive) way to take care of the environment around our school. Participants will be provided with trash pickup tools, gloves, and bags.
With help from Fox Meadow Elementary students' donations, we will pack and decorate non-perishable meal bags to donate to Feeding Westchester, a local non-profit committed to reducing food insecurity in Westchester County.
The Girl Up Club is hosting a session where students create empowering collages using magazines, newspapers, and scrap materials. These collages will feature positive affirmations and uplifting messages designed to support our community. The completed collages will be hung up within our school as a way to inspire the students of Scarsdale.
Come join a hands-on service session led by the Scarsdale Lacrosse Leadership Club to raise funds for Bronx Youth Lacrosse! After watching a short documentary produced by SHS graduate Aidan Brennan, participants will assemble and decorate healthy snack bags and design bracelets to be sold at an event held later this year. All funds will go directly to camp scholarships and transportation costs for Bronx Lacrosse players.
In this session, students will be able to decorate cupcakes not just for fun, but for a truly important cause. These cupcakes will be sold later that day in order to raise money to be donated to Sanctuary for Families, a safe house/resource for victims of domestic abuse.
We will make pouches and/or bracelets to donate to the Pleasantville Cottages. The Pleasantville Cottages provides a supportive home to children with educational, behavioral, and emotional challenges.
During this session, participants will decorate donuts from Dunkin’ to donate to first responders. First responders—like police officers, firefighters, and nurses—do so much for our well-being, and this project is a way to give back. While decorating, participants will also learn about the history of donuts.
Ready to dive into democracy? Join our session to explore free speech and civic discussions! We will do Free Speech case studies and understand who is in the right and why. Discover how your voice shapes our world and learn essential skills for civil discourse. Engage in fun activities and lively discussions – your perspective matters!
Join us to learn, create, and give back! You’ll hear from guest speakers from the Alzheimer’s Association, the leading nonprofit organization for Alzheimer’s care, support, and advocacy. Afterwards, you’ll take action by making your own aromatherapy pouch for patients at local care facilities. Help bring calm and care to those who need it most!
The Midnight Run club invites YOU to learn about, and participate in, helping the homeless. Through our session, guided by both students and guest speakers, you will become more knowledgeable about homelessness and what it means to be an active member of a community!
Experience history firsthand from a Scarsdale Firefighter who served on 9/11 and the days that followed as they recount their story of bravery, sacrifice, and resilience on the day that changed everything. Following an open Q&A, students will have the opportunity to write letters to local first responders to show our appreciation for all they do for the community.
Join Us for a Life-Saving Choking Rescue Session! Learn essential choking rescue techniques with Marc Guthartz, a trained EMT and SVAC volunteer! This interactive session will equip you with real-life, life-saving skills that could make the difference in an emergency.
In Letters of Love, we collect and deliver uplifting handwritten letters, made by students with materials we provide, to children in hospitals. By sending messages of hope and kindness, students will help bring joy and emotional support to kids facing hardship.
Help fight hunger in Westchester by making and packaging meal kits for the hungry, to be distributed to Community Service Associates in Mount Vernon. This includes making sandwiches and bundling them with a beverage, treat, and a note of encouragement, written by the students.
NOTE: In signing up for this session, you are agreeing to bring sandwich making supplies.
Join us to learn how to administer Narcan to people who have overdosed. We provide some background on Narcan, teach students how to administer Narcan, allow them to practice administering it, and then give them kits to take home. NOTE: THIS SESSION IS ONLY OPEN TO 10TH AND 11TH GRADERS.
We will be leading a tutorial to make paper flower bouquets, but anyone is welcome to explore any origami designs they want. The origami products will be gifted to residents of nursing homes through Origami For Good, a nonprofit that sends origami to soldiers, youth, seniors, patients, and more in order to inspire creativity and appreciation for Japanese art & culture while combatting loneliness around the world! 🏮
Love books and making a difference? In this session, you’ll create engaging reading lesson plans to be used with elementary school students. You’ll brainstorm key themes, discussion points, and activities to bring different books to life. Afterward, we’ll print and donate your lesson plans to the Las Hermanas Mirabal School’s after-school reading program to support elementary students’ literacy.
Learn about the refugee crisis from the Human Rights Club through a short informational slide show and quilt-making activity. Student-made quilts will be donated to the Wrap the World in Quilts organization.
In this session, students will make soap bars with the designs, colors, and scents of their choosing! These bars will then be donated to 914 Cares, a nonprofit organization with the mission of ending poverty in Westchester.
Put your conflict resolution skills to the test in our ultimate escape room challenge! Sarah Farber and Coco Wen from the Association of Conflict Resolution will kick off the session by teaching key strategies for handling disagreements, improving communication, and working through challenges as a team. Teams will then race to build a tower to “escape the room,” earning supplies by solving conflict scenarios and answering questions. But beware—unexpected obstacles will test your teamwork, patience, and problem-solving skills along the way. Will your group rise to the challenge and escape first?
Come have fun while walking the track in support of the Women's Sports Foundation. There will be baked goods sold–the proceeds collected will support the Women’s Sports Foundation.
Along with with the City Meals on Wheels program, The Linguistics Club is running a workshop where we'll write cards, in their native languages, to isolated elderly people, many of whom don't have anyone to see regularly.
If you know Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean, French, German, or Italian--your skills would be greatly appreciated and will be a great comfort to seniors who may rarely communicate in their native languages.
English speakers are also more than welcome to come help; we also need letters in English!
Just last month, the New York Times ran a headline asking "Who's Against Banning Cellphones in Schools?" The story focused on the reaction from some parents to Governor Hochul's proposed "bell to bell" ban on cell phones in public schools but there are other constituencies - students, teachers, school administrators, mental health professionals - whose views should matter as districts throughout the state work to develop their own plans for implementing the Governor's ban. Join us for a double session to further explore this "Hot Topic."
Prior knowledge not required. All you need to join is an interest in the topic and a desire to engage with your peers in conversation.
NOTE: SIGNING UP FOR THIS PERIOD MEANS THAT YOU ARE COMMITTING TO BOTH PERIODS 1+2.
