Clubs and Organizations

1962 - 1963 Student Congress

Throughout History people have wanted to belong, belong to something bigger than themselves.  There are many studies that show kids involved in school are more likely to succeed and become better participants in our society.  A group of friends of mine, that I respect highly, began an organization called "The Alliance for Student Activities" and they have gathered data and had a discussion to create what I think is the core of all education.  They have discovered that without students being actively involved they are more likely to drop out of school and society.  Their Let x = Student Activities is beginning to revitalize what I do for a living and direct me on a path to create a school where everyone on the campus is involved in something.

This week is join a club week, and Loara has plenty to join.  Each year a group decides to start a new club because they feel they aren't being represented or they just want to belong to something that is more "them".  We have seen clubs like a "sofa society" in which kids just hung out in a classroom, on a sofa everyday and talked.  We have clubs like the Socrates Cafe in which very similarly they sit in a classroom and talk everyday.  In looking at where we started to where we are, kids have many options to be a part of the bigger Saxon experience.

In the 1963 yearbook the clubs and organizations were:

1. Student Cabinet
2. Student Congress
3. Spanish Club
4. Honor Society
5. Girls Athletics Association
6. Boys League
7. Debate Club
8. Science Club
9. Drama Club
10. Lettermans Club
11. Electronics Club
12. Future Business Leaders of America
13. Coin Club
14. French Club
15. Homemaking Club
16. Annual Staff
17. Newspaper Staff
18. Marching Band
19. Orchestra
20. Chess Club
21. The Chandelors
22. Mixed Chorus
23. Girls Glee Club
24. Cheerleading

Kendra Lappin Inter Clubs Commissioner getting ready for Join a Club Week

Today the landscape looks quite different, our clubs include:

1. Academic Decathlon
2. Anaheim Acheives
3. American Heart Association
4. Auto Club
5. Best Buddies
6. Bible Club
7. Black Student Union
8. Book Club
9. Bridges
10. California Scholarship Federation
11. Campus Crusaders
12. Club 34
13. DECA
14. Education Academy
15. Fashion Club
16. French Club
17. Freshman Senate
18. Friday Night Live
19. Garden Club
20. Gay Straight Alliance
21. International Club
22. Halo Halo (Philippino Club)
23. HOSA (Health Occupation Student Association)
24. Japanese Club
25. Junior Senate
26. K Pop Club
27. Key Club
28. Leos Club
29. Make A Wish Club
30. Loara Media Arts Club
31. MeCha 
32. Music Speaks
33. National Honor Society
34. Nexus (Saxon Shield)
35. PAL (Peer Assistance Leadership)
36. Ping Pong Club
37. Polynesian Club
38. Recycling Revolution
39. Red Zone
40. Salsa and Swing
41. Senior Senate
42. Sophomore Senate
43. Student Store
44. Thespians
45. World Cultures / TOK
46. Upward Bound
47. Vietnamese Club
48. Yearbook

Join a Club Week September 17 - 21, 2012

Organizations like band, choir and cheer become organizations that have long standing so they are no longer considered clubs.  Cheerleading is being considered a sport as well.  Yearbook and Leadership (Student Congress) becomes a class and not a club.

No matter what the club, the important thing is involvement.  Something that connects them to our campus so they can have a significant amount of experiences to become rich humans in our global experience.  Since I can remember, I have heard the saying "Once a Saxon, Always a Saxon" and it has rang true (many other schools have now taken the saying as their own, but I know better ... it all started at Loara).  We also have another saying painted on the wall in the ASB Room that reads "Involvement Together ... the Key to Success - Alden Esping", this has been our mantra since I have taken the helm of activities. Alumni take note, your school is in good hands and in fact maybe just a little better, but it wouldn't have been so without the ground work you have all laid.  We are standing on your shoulders trying to enrich the Loara experience.

Associated Student Body 2012 - 2013 (Student Congress)
FRONT ROW: Matt Argame, Rachel Thomas, Marvin Flores, Cierra Boaz, Jasmin Brito, Alex Krebs, Ysabel Gatuslao,
Noelle Sadsad, Alex Valadez, Amanda Lenhardt MIDDLE ROW: Pauline Vibal, Hanna Summy, Hannah Simpson,
Sydney Duarte, Rachel Monroe, Taylah Padilla, Michelle Ngo, Jodee Phan, Erica Phommolysack, Mayra Montufar,
Nick Fortinberry, Daniel Paige, Jazlyn Lewis, Jonathan Vargas BACK ROW: Marcus Harris, Kendra Lappin,
Dillon Simpson, Esther Ochoa, Brooke Kibel, Bella Lee, Marco Perez, Austin Rivera, Krista Morales, Erick Pineda,
Leo Frias, Nidhi Venugopal, Alvin Tu, Raul Heredia, Alessandra Abraham, Miguel Baligod, Monica Fernandes,
John Quintos, Dustin Kawasaki.