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Skutt Catholic offers 40 different activities or clubs, so there’s sure to be something for everyone. No matter what your talents or interests, SC offers many opportunities to put them to good use.

Learn how your student can SOAR with Skutt Catholic Activities & Clubs…

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SKUTT CATHOLIC ACTIVITIES & CLUBS

Learn more about the opportunities for our students to soar!

Academic Decathlon +

Contact, Amy Sauser
amysauser@skuttcatholic.com

The Academic Decathlon is a ten-event scholastic competition for teams of high school students. Each high school enters a team of nine students: 3 “A” or Honor students, 3 “B” or Scholastic students, and 3 “C” or Varsity students.

Angels Prayer Group +

Contact, Christine French
christinefrench@skuttcatholic.com

Our women’s prayer group meets Thursdays before school (7:15 – 8:00am on regular days and 8 – 8:45am on late start days) in order to pray together, study God’s word, talk about how our faith life is going in high school, and support one another in our spiritual growth! Our purpose is to grow closer to God through dedication to prayer and care for others. We seek to find stillness, pray continuously, and to lift each other up in prayer.

Band +

Contact, Allie West
AllieWest@skuttcatholic.com

The SkyHawk Band Program offers many instrumental ensembles and color guard activities for students to participate in. These ensembles include the Concert Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band, Pep Band, Jazz Combo 1 & 2, Beginning Band, Indoor Drumline, SkyHawk Color Guard, and the SkyHawk Winter Guard.

Big Hawks Mentoring +

Contact, Tim Bloomingdale
timbloomingdale@skuttcatholic.com

Seniors and invited juniors (Big Hawks) have the opportunity to mentor incoming Freshmen (Little Hawks). Along with decorating lockers, Big Hawks will participate in fun monthly activities with their Little Hawks during first semester.

Biotechnology Research Club +

Contact, Abby Brockhouse
abbybrockhouse@skuttcatholic.com

The Biotech Research Club is led by students conducting authentic research using molecular biology techniques. Other activities include hosting visiting scientists and visiting university and industrial laboratories to gain insights from professionals on the research topic. Meetings are once a week to work on the research project and explore topics in molecular biology.

Cheerleading +

Contact, Kaylee Bazur
cheer@skuttcatholic.com
The cheerleading program currently consists of one varsity squad, with 9th – 12th graders. This squad cheers on a rotational basis at football games, boys and girls basketball games, and volleyball matches. Cheerleaders will also have performance and competition opportunities throughout the season. The competition squad competes at local, regional and national level competitions. The cheer season begins with tryouts in April and continues until end of the spring season. All levels and abilities are welcomed!

Chess +

Contact, Kari Cronican
karicronican@skuttcatholic.com

The Chess Club gives students an opportunity to play friendly games of chess against their peers in a low-stress environment. Students of all levels are welcome to come, as help is given to those who need it. Chess variants are sometimes played.

Choirs (Chamber, Concert, Show) +

Contact, Chris Storm
chrisstorm@skuttcatholic.com

Click here to access the official Skutt Catholic Choir page.

Singers at Skutt Catholic High School have a wide variety of choices and opportunities in the choir department. We offer three curricular ensembles: Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, and Vivace show choir. These choirs meet on a set schedule during the school day. We also have multiple additional ensembles including Music Ministry, Allegro (women’s show choir), Musettes (a women’s a cappella group), Hawakpella (a men’s a cappella group), as well as barbershop quartets for treble and bass singers. These groups meet on a variable schedule.

Dance +

Contact, Emily Stephenson & Brooke Buda
dance@skuttcatholic.com

The Skutt Catholic Dance Team is consists of a Varsity school team and Competition team. The Varsity team promotes school spirit by dancing at pep rallies and games such as football, basketball, and volleyball. The competition team is made up of dancers on the Varsity team. They are a nationally ranked dance team that competes at UDA regional and national competitions. The Skutt Catholic Competition team has won 14 consecutive state titles and placed 5th and 6th at the 2020 NDTC national competition. If there are any questions please contact coach Emily Stephenson, dance@skuttcatholic.com

Discipleship Program +

Contact, Cody Fischer

codyfischer@skuttcatholic.com

Click here to access the official Discipleship Program website.

The Discipleship Program is a new initiative of Skutt Catholic that focuses on helping students grow in their relationship with God during high school. It has become apparent that many high schoolers lose their faith despite being surrounded by a Catholic atmosphere. Many students may have brief encounters with Jesus but then there is no one to follow up with them. We are hoping to bridge this gap through this program. Students are invited to become part of small groups that arise from their natural friend groups. They meet once a week with an adult small group leader and engage in bible studies or other types of faith sharing opportunities.

Drama +

Contact, Brent Goetzinger
brentgoetzing@skuttcatholic.com

Contact, Chris Storm
chrisstorm@skuttcatholic.com

The Skutt Catholic Theatre Department annually produces three full-length productions: a Fall musical, a Winter play, and a Spring play. The students engage themselves in all aspects of each of these productions including acting, stage management, scenic, light and sound design, set construction, advertising, properties design, costuming and make-up, and running crew.

EMHC/Reader +

Contact, Christine French

christinefrench@skuttcatholic.com

Students can apply to be an EMHC or Lector at the end of their sophomore year. If selected, students are required to attend the Archdiocesan Training Session, Mandation Liturgy, and a training at Skutt Catholic at the beginning of the school year.

Esports +

Contact, Joe Koneck-Wilcox
joekoneck-wilcox@skuttcatholic.com

FBLA +

Click here for the group page and schedule.

Contact, Elizabeth Rudden
elizabethrudden@skuttcatholic.com

FBLA is organized to encourage members to participate in activities designed to facilitate intelligent career choices, develop business skills, teach the value of community responsibility, and strengthen self-confidence. Chapter activities usually fall into these five categories: Professional, Service, Civic, Financial, and Social.

Flightline TV/ Journalism +

Flightline TV creates videos for the school daily. We have a set of editors and videographers that go to various events to create videos to broadcast at Skutt Catholic.

Guardians +

Contact, Deacon Bart Zavaletta

bartzavaletta@skuttcatholic.com

Click here to access the official Guardians website.

Guardians is a group of young men at Skutt Catholic who gather weekly to grow in their knowledge and love of Jesus Christ through a special formation in the rich spiritual traditions of the Catholic Church. Click HERE for more information.

HOSA +

Contact, Abbey Brockhouse
abbeybrockhouse@skuttcatholic.com

HOSA is an international student organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education (HSE) Division of ACTE. HOSA’s two-fold mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people. HOSA’s goal is to encourage all health science instructors and students to join and be actively involved in the HSE-HOSA Partnership.

International Thespian Society +

Contact, Chris Storm
chrisstorm@skuttcatholic.com

The International Thespian Society (ITS) is the Educational Theatre Association’s student honorary organization. ITS recognizes the achievements of high school and middle school theatre students. Since 1929, EdTA has inducted more than two million thespians into ITS. That number continues to grow, with more than 36,000 students from around the country being inducted each year.  Students earn points towards induction based upon the number of hours they work on productions and the cast/crew role they fill.

Intramurals +

Fall: Volleyball
Winter: Basketball

Mock Trial +

Contact, Dave Schweitzer
daveschweitzer@skuttcatholic.com

Each year, a case packet is distributed to all participating schools in late August. Tryouts are held before the case is distributed. The case packet is a series of documents including the charges, penal code, stipulations, case law, and jury instructions as well as all of the exhibits and witness statements. During a mock trial, competitors are restricted to only the materials provided in the case packet and may not reference any outside sources. In order to prepare for competition, teams thoroughly read and analyze the case packet.

National Art Honor Society +

Contact, Molly Conway
mollyconway@skuttcatholic.com

Jennie Wilson
jenniewilson@skuttcatholic.com

The National Art Honor Society is a National organization for high school students, for the purpose of inspiring and recognizing those students who have shown an outstanding ability in art and a willingness to share those abilities with their school community and beyond. Students must be enrolled in a Visual Arts course for a minimum of one semester each year of membership.

National English Honor Society +

Contact, Amy Sauser
amysauser@skuttcatholic.com

The National Art Honor Society is a National organization for high school students, for the purpose of inspiring and recognizing those students who have shown an outstanding ability in art and a willingness to share those abilities with their school community and beyond. Students must be enrolled in a Visual Arts course for a minimum of one semester each year of membership.

National Honor Society +

Contact, Leigh Officer & Taryn Clatanoff
leighofficer@skuttcatholic.com

tarynclatanoff@skuttcatholic.com

Click here to access the official National Honor Society website.

The National Honor Society (NHS) is the nation’s premier organization established to recognize outstanding junior and senior high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to honor well-rounded students who are involved in school and community organizations and have demonstrated excellence in the areas of Character, Leadership, Scholarship and Service and to encourage further development of those areas for members.

One-Act Play Production +

Contact,Brent Goetzinger
brentgoetzing@skuttcatholic.com

Theatre + Competition! We put together a 30-minute play, and then pack it up, and travel around the state to compete!

Operation Others +

Operation Others provides food assistance to families at Christmas and educates others about food insecurity in our community in order to encourage a preferential option for the poor. Skutt Catholic students partner with students from area Catholic High Schools to provide over 1,600 Omaha families with two weeks’ worth of food during the Christmas season.

PageTurners Book Club +

PageTurners is a student-led book club. Members read a common book and meet monthly to discuss the book. Student members are involved in choosing the books and lead all discussions.

Poetry Out Loud +

Poetry Out Loud is a national recitation contest which begins with each student choosing one poem from over 600 selections at poetryoutloud.org.  Students  compete at the classroom level with qualifying scores moving on to the school competition.  Once the school produces one winner, that student then moves on to the regional contest and then to state.  The state winner then proceeds to the national competition.  Skutt Catholic has qualified for the state competition every year it has competed.

Pollen Nation +

Do you care about our planet? Do you like beautiful scenery of wild flowers and colorful birds with their musical melodies? Do you think twice before trashing/recycling your sports drink bottle? Do you ever wonder what’s really in the food you eat? If you answered yes to any of these questions, join us for Skutt Catholic’s student-initiated ecology club, Pollen Nation.

Powerlifting +

Contact, Jeremy Moore
jeremymoore@skuttcatholic.com

Supports students who have a passion for strength training beyond the normal sports based movements. This group attends local and state competitions.

Prevention Council +

Prevention Council is an SC organization that is dedicated to preventing dangerous and unhealthy behaviors in students, including underage drinking, drug use, bullying, suicide, dating violence, and eating disorders. Prevention Council plans all activities during Red Ribbon Week, April’s Drug and Alcohol Awareness Activities, our Suicide Prevention program, Youth Frontiers events, and other school wide prevention efforts throughout the year. There are varying levels of involvement, so even the most active SCHS student can be a member.

Robotics/ Drone Team +

Contact, Tom Jensen

skuttcatholicrobotics@gmail.com

The Mission of Skutt Catholic Robotics (SCR) and Skutt Catholic Drones (SCD) is to “Inspire and prepare our students to further study STEM and give them useful skills for a lifetime.” Robotics/Drones teaches: • Science • Technology • Engineering • Math • Teamwork • Problem Solving • Time Management • Volunteerism • Life Skills SCR teams consist of three to five students each. SCR educates students about how to apply robotics to solve a real-world problem. This is accomplished as students design, build, program, and control a robot to accomplish objectives that have been developed into a game expressed through a competition format. SCD teams consist of two to four students each. The Drone team pilot flies a designated course in a timed match. The Drone must trigger a team designed and built mechanism which uses stored kinetic energy to perform a task. The Drone also triggers a Land Drone (small robot) to perform a task autonomously and is then controlled by a student driver to perform more tasks. The SCR/SCD Teams (five to ten total teams) meet after school and in the evenings. They compete against other high schools in local, regional, and national tournaments throughout the school year. The Robotics season starts in August and goes through February. It may extend to April for any team that qualifies for National or World Championship tournaments.

Science Olympiad +

Contact, Marnie Holm
marnieholm@skuttcatholic.com

Competition in which students compete in ‘events’ pertaining to various scientific disciplines, including earth science, biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, and engineering.

Science Quiz Bowl +

Contact, Marnie Holm
marnieholm@skuttcatholic.com

Science Quiz Bowl is a fast-paced, verbal competition in all areas of science. Students enjoy the content, the camaraderie, and the jeopardy-like format.

SkyHawks for Life +

Contact, Deacon Bart Zavaletta & Colleen Haplin

bartzavaletta@skuttcatholic.com

colleenhapin@skuttcatholic.com

SkyHawks for Life is a club that exists to promote the Gospel of Life on our campus. We are students and faculty that believe in the sanctity and dignity of every human being from conception to natural death. We meet to discuss life issues and to plan our upcoming activities which include peacefully praying in front of the Planned Parenthood (90th and Binney), the March for Life in January, and a variety of fundraising events.

SlamHawks +

SlamHawks is part of a national movement for students to write and perform their own work in public. It “‘is a friendly competition that emphasizes self-expression and community via poetry, oral story-telling and hip-hop spoken word. It focuses on cooperation, with teams of students working together to write, revise, and rehearse their performances.” Skutt Catholic students attend writing sessions on campus after school to begin their work and shape their ideas into powerful performances.

Speech & Debate +

Contact, Brent Goetzingerbrentgoetzinger@skuttcatholic.com

Click here to access the official Speech & Debate web site.

The Skutt Catholic Team is open to all students regardless of previous experience. It is our philosophy that forensics should be open to any student who is interested and willing to work hard. Students have the opportunity to participate in 11 different speech events and two different forms of debate.

Student Council +

Contact, Kate Jiron

katejiron@skuttcatholic.com

Skutt Catholic Student Advisory Board is a representative organization, through which students can become involved in the affairs of the school, working in partnership with school management, staff and parents for the benefit of the school and its students. The student advisory board helps share students’ ideas, interests, and concerns with teachers and school principals. They often also help raise funds for school-wide activities, including social events, community projects and school reform.

Summer Service Trips +

Contact, Christine French
christinefrench@skuttcatholic.com

Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota Youthworks is an interdenominational non-profit organization providing life-changing, Christ-centered youth mission opportunities. Students participate in service, community building, faith sharing, reflection, cultural programs, and evening activities.

Trap Shooting +

Contact, Matthew Medlock
matthewgmedlock@gmail.com  |  402-880-2882

No shooting experience necessary to begin participating in the fastest growing sport in Nebraska where you compete as an individual and as a 5 person squad. Develop your skills at breaking blue rock with a 12 gauge shotgun. All skill levels compete in the many shooting venues. This is a co-ed sport where girls shoot competitively with the boys.

Viva La SkyHawk +

Contact, Bart Zavaletta
bartzavaletta@skuttcatholic.com

Yearbook +

Contact, Jennie Wilson
jenniewilson@skuttcatholic.com

The Yearbook Club carries on the tradition of recording and publishing a chronicle of the school year by producing Skutt Catholic High School’s annual yearbook.

 

 

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