Clubs & Extra Curricular Activities
MHS has 20 clubs open to all students including:
- AFS/Cultural diversity club- Students who participate in AFS/CDC get the chance to travel to another school in another state. Each student stays with a student from that school for three days and they get to experience what life is like in different communities.
- VTLSP (Vermont Teen Leadership Safety Program)- A club directed towards raising awareness of prevention and wellness issues including alcohol and other drug use, traffic safety and risk taking behaviors, and to provide students with the resources, skills and adult support with which to facilitate positive change among their peers.
- Outing Club- Outing club offers opportunities for students to participate in activities like backpacking, hiking, winter camping, canoeing, hiking, caving, rock climbing, and much more.
- Amnesty International- Its members learn about and take action on such issues as freedom of speech, torture, the death penalty, economic organization, and the rights of refugees.
- Community service club - In this club, students respond to requests from the community for help in any areas.
- French Club - Students engage in French conversation and take part in exchanges and field trips in the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec.
- Solon Spectrum - The Solon Spectrum is the school newspaper. It is published monthly.
- STAND - A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition (Originally Students Taking Action Now: Darfur). This club has three objectives: (1) Create awareness in the community of current ongoing genocides taking place in the world (2) Pressure government officials to take action in stopping genocide (3) Raise aid funds for genocide victims.
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