Menlo School - Student Life

Student Life

Menlo offers over 50 student clubs in the upper school and 25 in the middle school. These clubs include a knitting club, classics, Model United Nations organization, and a Mock Trial team. Menlo Middle School and Menlo Upper School both maintain active student councils. The Upper School's student-run newspaper, The Coat of Arms, has won numerous awards, including Top Honors – First Place with Special Merit from American Scholastic Press Association. The Coat of Arms releases eight issues in a year. Additionally, Menlo has a budding artistic scene. Menlo School artistic groups include a chamber orchestra, the Knight Dancers, and three different choruses, among others. Menlo athletics teams include baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, water polo, and volleyball. The Knights previously competed in the Peninsula Athletic League (PAL), and now compete in the West Bay Athletic League (WBAL). Every varsity athletic team in the fall of 2009 won its respective league championship, and the varsity football team was not only a CCS Championship runner up, but earned the CCS Scholastic Team Championship for the highest GPA among all competing teams. During the 2009-2010 school year, every varsity team participated in post-season competition, and some went on to state competitions. The boys' tennis team claimed the national tennis title at the National High School All-American Foundation in the spring of 2010, placed second in 2011, and emerged victorious once again in 2012. Menlo student-athletes are recruited each year, and have gone on to compete at both NCAA and professional levels. Menlo is well known for their "Sea of Gold," a student-run spirit group that has been featured in national magazines due to their original and hilarious cheers, such as the parting of the Sea of Gold (which rival, Sacred Heart Prep, mocked by showing Moses part the red sea.)