Activities & Clubs
Here you will find a complete list of HS and MS Clubs and Activities
AIS Vienna also offers students the chance to start their own HS clubs in areas that interest them. Students need only bring their ideas to Jarret Lambie, HS Principal.
For a year view of all MS and HS Athletic & Activity teams please click here.
The various clubs and activities start throughout the year. When an activity begins they will be announced in the Daily Bulletin and at MS and HS assemblies. In addition the HS has a Club & Activity Fair (during the school day) at the start of each school year where all activities are introduced.
HS Clubs & Activities
Click the name of a club or activity for more information.
Adventure Club
If you are looking for outdoor adventures this club is for you. Rappelling, kayaking, biking, sailing or hiking. The choice is yours! Each activity provides an opportunity to learn more outdoors skills and make friends and gain memorable experiences.
For more information contact Peter Forsgren.
Amnesty Youth
This club supports Amnesty International in their pursuit of ending human rights violations and supporting those seeking justice all over the world.
For more information contact Ditas Amry.
Animal Rights Club
While increasing awareness of animal rights challenges around the world, this group will also set long term goals in the local community through fund raising, shelter visits and guest speakers.
For more information contact Cinder Merritt.
Art Club
While exploring our own interests in the creation or art, this club will also take on supporting other clubs by creating art that can be used for, or in support of, other club's fundraising efforts. Art club members create for their own personal interest, but will also create in support of others.
For more information contact Pearl Teinert.
Asian Student Union
AIS Vienna students can learn about Aisan cluture and traditions in a safe place for students to discuss their experinces while providing the greater community with cultural expereinces and celebrations.
For information contact Micahel Chao.
Athletic Council
The new AIS Vienna Athletic Council aims to enhance school spirit by empowering students to use their voice to promote, celebrate, and enhance the athletics program. There is an executive board but all students are invited to sign up for one of the committees.
For information contact Nick DeForest.
Bridges of Peace and Hope
Bridges of Peace and Hope is designed to help build bridges between AIS Vienna and the Mukwashi Trust School in Zambia. Students can work together with the elementary student club to raise awareness and funds through artistic projects and events.
For more information contact Elissavet Pontikakis.
Chess Club
Chess Club accommodates all interested HS students from all skill levels from beginners to champions. Students can come as often or as rarely as they like. This is a student chess club, so the students will decide if this club will become a quiet place to play chess or a scene of competitive tournaments.
For more information contact Matt Kuykendall.
Dance Club
Did you want to take Dance class but could not fit it into your schedule? Dance Club is open to all skill levels.
For more information contact Daya Varkonyi.
Diversity Club
The goal of the AIS Vienna Diversity Club is to educate and celebrate diversity and multiculturalism, and to facilitate a harmonious teaching and learning community through fostering a welcoming and tolerant environment.
For information contact Lucinda Edmunds.
Environmental Club
The environmental club promotes environmental causes both on and off campus.
For more information contact Ryan Carey.
Gardening Club
Though long term projects Gardening club members will be able to imoortalize their time at AIS by beautifying areas of campus. If you can't construct a Garden at home please jjoin us as wel put in the labor to enjoy the achievment and satisfaction of improving campus while working outdoors.
For information contact Rosalie Rozema.
Habitat/Global Builders
The Habitat Global Builders is a hands-on service learning club that advocates for all families to have a decent home . The team is engaged in several creative communitty activities to raise funds in order to purchase materials to build a home. Each year a group of students participates on a trip to build a home for a family.
For information contact Luisa Forsgren and Peter Forsgren.
History Club
Presentations and discussion of historical events, particularly as they relate to law and current events will be the subject of our club meetings. The goal is to increase student understanding of context around important historical events.
For more information about contact Matthew Meyers.
Junior Math Team
Open to Grade 9 and 10 students interested in participating with many competition opportunities.
For more information contact Kassanthra Coyne
Knights Chronicle
Knights Chronicle is an outlet for students interested in newspaper, broadcast journalism, writing, photography, filmmaking, or other forms of creative storytelling. Join this club to write or film, edit and publish stories of particular interest to AIS Vienna students.
For more information contact JT Hilliard.
Knowledge Bowl
Participants collaborate in teams to display their knowledge of academic topics. This takes place through friendly practices and competitions during lunch. There is also an opportunity to join the annual CEESA competition in February.
For more information contact Chrys Pappas.
Limbs Club
LIMBS International is the only nonprofit providing comprehensive care to amputees in developing countries. From hosting bake-offs to hosting a conversation with the president of LIMBS international, Limbs Club has a lot to offer to those passionate about the cause.
For information contact Elissavet Pontikakis.Madame Defarge's Tricoterie
Knitting Club is a great place to develop the meditative skills that come from knitting for yourself, or in support of others.
For more information contact Lucinda Edmunds.NaNoWrimo
Participate in National Novel Writing Month and join other authors as we write our way to a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. You can write whatever appeals to you - a single novel, short stories, poems, etc. with the goal of hitting 50,000 words between 1 - 30 November. Students can write alone or with others. Come join us.
For more information contact Jennifer Lahue.
NHS
The National Honor Society (NHS) is a High School student organization committed to the principles of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. While there is a minimum grade point average required for membership, the organization is much more than an honor roll. NHS provides a forum for students who have exhibited excellence and leadership to collaborate and make a difference in their community.
Because one of the four pillars of NHS is service, the AIS Vienna chapter has established projects that reach out into the local and global communities. To cover our project expenses, we hold fundraisers throughout the year.
The AIS Vienna chapter of NHS invites new members in the spring according to these selection criteria.
For more information contact Amy Carey and Ryan Carey.
Origami Club
While practicing origami, this club will explore the skills and mathematics of this ancient art form. The products of our efforts will be donated to other clubs to support their fundraising.
For more information contact Elissavet Pontikakis.
Politics Club
Whether an abortion ban in Texas or a new security law in Hong Kong, politics club is the place to discuss any and all current events. Any and all points of view are welcomed. Join for a new Model Politician event happening for the first time this year.
For more information contact: Matthew Meyer
Prom Committee
Learn from the expereince of planning, organzing and problem solving when organziing large events intended to improve the social expereince of AIS Vienna students. Students will manage everything from budgets to marketing as they plan a large scale event.
For more information contact: Vitor Passos
Robotics
We are an FTC robotics club, building and coding robots from scratch. This year's challenge is to construct robots to build skyscrapers!
For more information contact Christophe Ganneval and Andrew DiGiovanni
Romanian Children's Relief
Romanian Childrens' Relief works with orphaned, disabled and disadvantaged kids in Bistrita, Romania. We fundraise, gather supplies and take a trip to Romania.
For more information contact Áine Quinn
Rossauerlände Group
Students visit the refugee home in the Rossauer Lände and spend time playing with the children of the asylum seekers living there in an attempt to better understand their situations as unwelcome foreigners in Vienna. They try to encourage a connection with and integration between the international community and these displaced families.
For more information contact Elissavet Pontikakis.
Science Corner
Academic support, students who sign up are willing to offer help to the peers with science home learning, assessment preparation.
For more information contact Áine Quinn
Senior Math Team
Open to Grade 11 and 12 students interested in participating with many competition opportunities.
For more information contact: Elissavet Pontikakis
Speech, Debate, & Acting (SDA)
All students are welcome to participate and develop their skills in debate, impromptu speaking, prepared speech, and acting. There is also an opportunity to compete in the fall and spring tournaments.
For more information contact Lindsay Rowland and Cinder Merritt.
Stock Market Analyses Club
If you would like to learn about the stock market, including basic terminology and trading strategies, by learning how to trade a mock stock market account then you should join us.
For more information contact Michael Westfall
Student Ambassadors
This group uses their social intelligence and empathy to facilitate school events and supports new students transitioning to AIS Vienna.
For more information contact Jim Barekman and Amy Carey.
Student Council
A group of students elected by their peers to address issues of concern and organize student events and activities.
For more information contact Michael Chao.
Student Led MUN Club
Do you wanna meet TRUMP? We mean the Treaty Regulating all Unrecognized and Major Pestilences, obviously not the person. Or are you more into COMMUNISM? No no, not the political system, rather the Chinese Organization for Managing and Minimizing Unnecessary Nation and Island Sorrows and Misunderstandings. At MUN, we meet every Day 7 during lunch and debate/discuss/deliberate over issues of global significance. Join for the funny acronyms, stay for the chaotically chaired conferences.
For more information about the MUN Club contact Elissavet Pontikakis and Matt Meyer.
Student Library Advisory (SLA)
Student Library Advisory is your opportunity to take part in library programming, organize virtual and F2F author visits along with other events, create thematic displays, volunteer, and promote diversity through reading.
For information about contact Mischele Jamgochian.
MS Clubs & Activities
Click the name of a club or activity for more information.
MS Honor Music
AIS Vienna is a member of AMIS (The Association for Music in International Schools). AMIS is dedicated to the promotion of excellence at all levels of music education and sponsors a variety of festivals annually, which are especially designed to benefit students in international schools in Europe and the Middle East.
Students that are taking MS/HS music classes can audition for a place in the Honor festival. There are no guaranteed places for AIS Vienna students.
Contacts;
Choir: Kathy Heedles
Band: Susan Seekirchner
Strings: Ben Detrick
More information about AMIS can be found at
http://amis-online.org/.
MS Math Team
Our MS Math Team competes in the ISMTF or the CEESA tournament. Visit http://www.ismtf.org/.
MS Play
The Middle School Play is an immersive drama experience open to all middle school grades. Students may audition for parts in December or apply for backstage roles as early as November. The philosophy of the program is to build the basic skills in all areas of theatrical production - acting, lights, set design, publicity, etc - that will allow students to run their own productions by the time they are juniors and seniors in high school. The adult director(s) of the show explicitly instructs students in these skills, giving them the support that they need while scaffolding the production to be as student-driven as possible. The final performances take place in February and are run entirely by students trained in their specific roles.
MS Speech and Debate
Our Middle School Speech and Debate Team competes once a year in the CEESA Speech and Debate Competition.
Other Clubs and Activities
Click the name of a club or activity for more information.
Scouting
If you are interested in joining Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, or Girl Scouts, or need a Troop to transfer to, you are in luck.
Contact:
ScoutS BSA (Boys Scouts)
Tini Carmine
Scoutmaster
Click HERE for more information
Cub Scout Pack 427
Daniela Groebner
Cubmaster
Girl Scout Troop 84
Kelly Brink
Girl Scouts Coordinator
Venturing
Do you like adventure? How about the outdoors? If so, then think about joining the Venturing Club. We do almost anything we can; hiking, biking, kayaking, canoeing, etc. and we do it just for fun. Venturing is a youth development program of the Boy Scouts of America for young men and women who are 14 years of age or 13 years of age and have completed Grade 8 and under 21 years of age. The purpose of Venturing is to provide positive experiences to help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults.
Contact: Peter Forsgren
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