School Clubs

"Aevidum" means "I've got your back." It was started in a high school when that school lost a student to suicide, and the club has grown nationwide. Schools are increasingly aware of the need to address and help prevent student suicide as much as possible, especially as student mental health is a major concern.

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This club is run in the high school as part of the larger CTC club. We have a group of dedicated students involved in CTC that provide Aevidum awareness and events throughout the school year. Each fall, usually in October, the Aevidum organization hosts an annual 5K, which we also try to coordinate an event here at the high school in correspondence with the national event.

In 2021, we're celebrating the 20th year that Communities That Care (CTC) has been in operation in this area. It is a club that operates at each building level within the Halifax Area School District. The elementary student's club is called "Cool Cats." The middle and high school student's club is called "CTC."

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The club focuses on several key areas: spreading kindness, helping others in the school, helping others in the community, and also assisting other school clubs and organizations with school spirit and teacher appreciation.

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Several key events are held each year including: Trunk or Treat at Halloween time, our participation in the Halifax Halloween parade, Deck the Halls at Christmas time, and Day of Caring hosted on the second Saturday in May each year in honor of Michael Boyer, who served as the Business Manager for HASD, and who was instrumental in getting CTC started in the school.

This is the elementary school version of the middle school and high school CTC club. These students also work on projects and activities that they can do within their school and community to be kind, to help others, and to help make a difference. We are extremely proud of this club because it serves as the foundation upon which we develop many character and leadership skills. Our hope is that they remain involved with us through graduation from high school and even beyond that as alumni members.

This is operated within the middle and high school CTC clubs. There is a small group of dedicated students that create awareness for SADD and its cause, which is encourage better decision-making that is less destructive to them physically and emotionally. For instance, a key event each year that SADD oversees is Red Ribbon Week held in October, that encourages students to take a drug free pledge inside and outside of school. While Red Ribbon Week has origins outside of the club, they take ownership for it within our school because it allows them to create awareness for subject matter this relevant to their cause.