Club Supervisor: Taylor Wenske

Mission Statement

The purpose of the Argonaut Student Body is to do our best to promote the interest and opinions of every student at our school through involvement.

Associated Student Body

The Associated Student Body (ASB) is the officially recognized student group that represents all students at Argonaut High School and is sanctioned by the school and Amador County Unified School District. The ASB is synonymous with the student council and functions as a formal organization like the U.S. Congress or Executive Branch.

Elected student representatives and committee members work to ensure the student’s voice is represented at the school. The ASB also promotes activities on campus that stimulate the intellectual and social life of our students.

Club Supervisor: Tara Hannah

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) is an in-school academic support program for grades seven through twelve. The purpose of the program is to prepare students for college eligibility and success. AVID places academically average students in advanced classes, levels the playing field for minority, rural, low-income, and other students without a college-going tradition in their families, and targets students in the academic middle – B, C, and even D students – who have the desire to go to college and the willingness to work hard.

AVID’s mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.

Club Supervisor: Matt Gough

The California Scholarship Federation, Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to recognize and encourage academic achievement and community service among middle and high school students in California. There are approximately 1500 chapters in middle school and high schools throughout the state, and each chapter is comprised of student members who meet eligibility requirements. A staff adviser leads each chapter.

Eligible students become members by submitting applications based on their report card grades. Membership is for one semester, and membership drives are held each semester within established periods dictated by the State bylaws.

FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.

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Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is a nonprofit national career and technical student organization for young men and women in Family and Consumer Sciences education in public and private school through grade 12. Everyone is part of a family, and FCCLA is the only national Career and Technical Student Organization with the family as its central focus. Since 1945, FCCLA members have been making a difference in their families, careers, and communities by addressing important personal, work, and societal issues through Family and Consumer Sciences education.

Today over 160,000 members in more than 5,400 chapters are active in a network of associations in 48 states, including the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Chapter projects focus on a variety of youth concerns, including teen pregnancy, parenting, family relationships, substance abuse, peer pressure, environment, nutrition and fitness, teen violence, and career exploration. Involvement in FCCLA offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life — planning, goal setting, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal communication — necessary in the home and workplace.

FCCLA is…

Career and Technical Education

As a federally recognized Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO), FCCLA plays a role in developing youth through classroom integration of FCCLA national programs, competitive events, and service learning projects. FCCLA partners with Career and Technical Education (CTE) instructors in middle schools and high schools to maintain high standards of education and demonstrate student leadership related to the mission and purposes that guide the organization.

Family and Consumer Sciences Education

FCCLA is directly linked to Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) education through classroom instruction and chapter adviser involvement. FCCLA chapter advisers are licensed in FACS education or a related field. National programs are chosen to align with and instruct students in FACS education standards. Through classroom activities, competitive events, and service learning projects, chapter advisers and student member demonstrate the importance of FACS education, with FCCLA integrated seamlessly into the curriculum and life of the FACS classroom. By becoming in engaged in student-directed projects, FCCLA members address real situations that affect real people: their peers, families, and communities.

Student Leadership

Personal growth and leadership development are at the forefront of the FCCLA mission. By completing projects for service learning and participating in competitive events, students gain important leadership skills they take with them for life. Students who have opportunities to demonstrate leadership at every level of the organization. FCCLA chapters and state associations are led by officers who have demonstrated leadership skills in and out of the classroom. Ten student members are chosen to help lead the national organization. This team makes up the National Executive Council (NEC). All of these opportunities develop students as they prepare to move on to the next stage of life. FCCLA truly is The Ultimate Leadership Experience.

Service Learning

Service learning brings community service and classroom learning together. FCCLA facilitates efforts through chapter, state, and national activities. National programs highlight opportunities for chapters to build unique service learning projects for their own communities. These can include projects in nutrition, bullying, family relations, and endless other possibilities. The National Outreach Program is developed by national staff and the NEC to foster service learning opportunities related to the FCCLA mission by bringing together local projects focused on one area of need.

Competitive Events

FCCLA provides an opportunity to learn and lead while competing for chapter, state, and national recognition. Competitions range from individual to team opportunities and are focused on culinary arts, fashion and interior design, education careers, communication skills, financial planning, and other career and life skills. Competitions can include presentations, test-taking, and skill demonstrations that take place at national conferences and most state conferences.

Club Supervisor: Valerie Davidson

Club Supervisor: Erik Lucas

Club Supervisor: Jake Guidi

“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other mediums; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.”

Martha Graham.

What does this mean? As actors, we push ourselves to be vulnerable, to risk looking foolish. Argonaut drama students should feel safe to experiment, to be creative, and to find the best within themselves, knowing that their worth as artists lies not in others’ eyes, but in their own uniqueness as human beings.

Argonaut drama students are also taught that theatre is a craft that requires discipline. As such, they do exercises every day to strengthen the body and voice. They play games to develop improvisational skills, as well as build a sense of community, for, above all, theatre is a collaborative art, requiring trust and positive energy. students will learn to analyze scripts, develop characterizations, and work as an ensemble. In the end, students will put their newfound knowledge into practice, performing for each other and in production.

Argonaut Drama offers students – even those without theatrical aspirations – newfound confidence, poise before an audience, empathy and a greater world view, skills that translate to everyday high school life and beyond.

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Club Supervisor: Shannon Clark

Club Supervisor: Matt Hovey

Club Supervisor: Michael Garcia