Student Clubs
The school is named for Horace Greeley, the editor of The New York Tribune who made his home in Chappaqua late in life. One of the school's two main publications, The Greeley Tribune, is an additional tribute to the newsman. The school's other main publication is ADVO, a full-color, student-run magazine that, until 2006, was known as The Advocate. The school's yearbook is The Quaker, also the school mascot. The school also has a sports magazine called The Quake, founded in 2010. It is named after the unofficial name for the school's cheering section.
Other student organizations at Greeley include the Model United Nations, One World Study Circle, community service groups S.H.A.R.E., S.A.D.D. (Students Against Drinking and Driving), AAPA (African Anti Poverty Association), Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Alliance for Equality, Students for Social Justice, AIDS Awareness, FCCLA, the Horace Greeley Improvisational Acting Troupe, Silent Earth: Greening Greeley, and Amnesty International. The recently abolished funball club due to an unfortunate occurrence, among many others. Peer leadership is also a popular student/faculty run organization on campus that gives older a chance to help acclimate younger students to the high-school environment.
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