Exploring the Tapestry of Talent: High School Clubs

1/30/2024

by Editorial Staff

At Ensworth, a robust offering of clubs and activities provides a wide variety of opportunities for students to follow their passion through extracurricular life. These programs represent a variety of interests, including service club, pickleball, cooking, and entrepreneurship. Each fall, the High School hosts a Club Fair for students to learn about the clubs and join their favorites.

"The clubs and student organizations at Ensworth allow students and faculty to explore beyond academic classes,” said Cecilia Wang, High School Clubs Coordinator and Chinese Teacher. “This is a great opportunity for our students to practice their leadership skills and for faculty to get to know students outside of the classroom setting."

Tiger Garage

Student-Led
Student Leaders: Owen Jackoboice ’24,
Varun Venkatesh ’24, and Akshay Venkatesh ’24
Faculty Sponsor: Andrew Smith
Meets: Wednesdays after school in the Tiger Garage

Tiger Garage provides opportunities for students to learn about how vehicles work and hone skills necessary for car maintenance and upkeep. Students have had the opportunity to learn how to change oil, do valve cover replacements, and jack up vehicles. This club averages 5–10 members per meeting and offers students the opportunity to bring problems they may be having to the group setting. Tiger Garage hosts a car show each semester on Ensworth's Frist Campus, which brings car enthusiasts together from all over the Middle Tennessee area. Club members are assisted by members of Ensworth's maintenance crew like Andrew Smith and Justin Weatherby.

Next Car Show: March 2024

Fiber Arts Club

Faculty-Led
Faculty Leaders: Courtney Bahr and Trina Flynn
Meets: Tuesday–Friday from 12:40–1:20 p.m. in the
"Studio" in the Library

The Fiber Arts Club was born out of a desire for the Ensworth community to practice knitting, crocheting, and sewing. Trina and Courtney began knitting in December 2022 and chatting endlessly about techniques, stitches, and more. They eventually connected with students who learned how to knit from the late Robin Smith. Robin taught at Ensworth and shared her love of knitting with so many students, and that kind of joy and passion is infectious. Close to 21 members loosely attended on club meeting days.

Fiber Arts Meets Service

The Fiber Arts Club teamed up with Service Day on November 17, when the entire High School had the opportunity to work with club members to create felted flowers and birds using upcycled materials. As Ensworth prepared for the first Service Day and started pricing out the cost of materials, it was decided to keep it "service-minded" and totally in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Goal #12 - Responsible Consumption and Production) to use discarded materials to create the projects. With bags of donated yarn, fabric scraps, and old sweaters that were repurposed to make all sorts of creations, the Fiber Arts Club is bringing service to life.

The menagerie will go to the Red Road organization—an organization started by our club member, Imayia Owns Different Horses' mother. Before they are sent away, they will be part of the Visible art exhibit in January, which focuses on sustainability.

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