Description of Club	Web Page	Description of Club	Web Page
ART		HOME ECONOMICS CLUB
BAND		MOCK TRIAL
BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA		MODEL UNITED NATIONS
CHORUS		SCIENCE
DECA		YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT
FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLUBS

ART ‑ The Art Club was formed for the artistically interested.  Art Club is open to all.  Throughout the year members can experiment with different medium and partake in a variety of art activities such as seeing guest artists at work.

BAND ‑ The band is involved in virtually every major and many minor school activities.  The Concert, Symphonic, and Jazz bands perform several concerts each year and compete in many interscholastic band contests. Individuals and small groups from the band compete in IHSA contests.

BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA - BPA is the organization for students planning office, management, and business careers and is affiliated with the national organization. Members have many opportunities to participate in career and leadership activities and competitive events. Members may attend conferences and workshops at the areas, state, and national levels. Membership is open to all students who have an interest in business.
 

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CHORAL MUSIC PROGRAM – The Hinsdale South Choral Music Program is multi-faceted, consisting of five curricular choirs and one extracurricular ensemble.  Throughout the course of the school year, the choirs of Hinsdale South present four concerts, as well as participating in the IHSA Solo and Ensemble Music Contest.  In addition to these events, choral music students have the opportunity to participate in local and national tours, workshops with nationally recognized choral music educators, as well as presenting concerts for community groups.  Auditions are held in January.

MONDAY NIGHT ENSEMBLE – The Monday Night Ensemble is comprised of students from the entire Hinsdale South School Community.  The choir is open to all Hinsdale South students.  The M.N.E. adds its voice to the Fall Concert, the Madrigal Feast, as well as the Major Works Concert.  Auditions are held in the fall of the year.

DECA - A student-centered organization specifically designed to provide activities that will motivate students to learn and develop a greater understanding and appreciation of marketing, management, and entrepreneurial skills.  Any student enrolled in Marketing can be a member of DECA.  Activities include local, state and national conferences, competitive events, chapter social events and charity fundraisers.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS – Members meet to discuss global and local environmental issues, and for camaraderie.  We’re involved around the school and in community projects we choose.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLUBS provide extra‑curricular opportunities for students to become involved with additional activities and cultural experiences related to the French, German, Latin or Spanish civilizations.  The many activities which take place during the year will usually include:  participation in the Homecoming parade, Christmas parties, and a trip to an ethnic restaurant, a visit to a sports event, bowling tournament, and a picnic.

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FCCLA – Family Career Community Leaders of America is a local, state and national organization committed to making a difference in their families, careers and communities by addressing important personal, work and societal issues through family and consumer sciences education, projects, community service and competition.

MOCK TRIAL - The Mock Trial Team is an organization for students interested in the legal system and/or legal careers.  The Illinois State Bar Association provides a case each year (alternating between civil and criminal) to be tried as a competition against other schools.  Students will learn the applicable law as well as trial strategies and techniques.  Opportunities exist to go on the state finals in Springfield.

MODEL UNITED NATIONS ‑ The Model United Nations is an organization in which students can research contemporary world problems, choose nations of the world, explore these nations in depth, then simulate the debate and operation of the U.N. by representing their chosen nations in a weekend conference. The M.U.N. offers all students the chance to broaden their perspectives, add a global view to their understandings of the world and embellish their experience.  The M.U.N. fosters contacts with students from other schools and other areas.

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD - The mission for the Science Olympiad is profound.  The goal is to bring science to life, show how science works, and to emphasize problem solving aspects of science and the understanding of science concepts.  Teamwork and cooperative learning is stressed.  Olympiad members will have the opportunity to compete in invitational, regional, and state events.

YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT ‑ Members simulate the operations of state and judicial government by developing, researching and debating pieces of student developed legislation.  Then, in two daylong local conferences and one weekend conference in Springfield, students engage in the legislative process, refining debating, voting on and enacting the laws they have worked on all year.