Purpose: Research Culture out of the United States and have fun learning about places out of America.
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Duggan: duggank@mdusd.org
Griffin Times
Club Meetings - Mondays from 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Location: Classroom A-8
Purpose: Producing a newspaper with local and school news.
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Davis davisea@mdusd.org
ECK: Environmentally Concerned Kids
Club Meetings - Mondays from 2:45 - 4:00 pm
Location: Classroom B-3
First Club Meeting Date: 9/11/2023
All students are welcome. No experience is needed.
Purpose: The ECK Club promotes environmental awareness, environmental stewardship, waste diversion and reduction via the three waste streams (recycling, composting and landfill), a zero waste lunch and a plastic free school and community. ECK is now in-person. ECK encourages students to reduce, reuse and recycle on the Foothill campus with the intent of additionally reducing, reusing and recycling at home. ECK will specifically be focusing this year on encouraging and promoting the use of on campus and backyard compost bins in order to reduce food waste and in-home recycling bins. ECK has received a $4,000.00 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Ocean Guardian School Program.
This is open to all Foothill students - No experience is required.
Purpose: There is a need for programs to inspire students to develop an early interest in robotics, programming, and technology as a result of declining participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math programs. A collection of resources providing research on this trend and the need that employers have to fill STEM positions. Students will learn how to program Linkbots using C++, which is a student version of the C language.
If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Elliott elliottm@mdusd.org
Video Game Club
Club Meetings - Thursdays from 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Location: Classroom T-1
Purpose: To Have fun and get better at gaming.
If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Davis: daviscl@mdusd.org
FMS LEGO Robotics Club
Club Meetings - Thursdays from 2:45pm - 4:30pm
Location: Classroom B-3
First Club Meeting Date: 09/07/2023
All students are welcome. No experience is needed.
Purpose: Club members learn about robots in a friendly, cooperative, and competitive environment. Club members create Scratch/Block Coding Programming Design Language to design LEGO Spike Prime and LEGO EV3 Mindstorm Robots. Club members design and code complex robots to complete challenges within the constraints of three, 2 min. and 30 sec. robot rounds. First Lego League Challenge theme: FIRST IN SHOW (Changes each Season). Spring Competition. Two Distinct Parts of the Recreational Season. Robotics Challenge and Innovation Project.
