Clubs and Organizations

Clubs at Ballard HS 2025-26

Are you interested in Baking? Maybe Chess? Clothing? Skateboarding even?! If so, YOU should join a club at Ballard HS. My name is Walter Bowie, and I will be your club’s coordinator this year. BHS Students! This means you all can reach out to me at 1wabowie@seattleschools.org (email must come from another SPS email address) with whatever questions you may have about clubs, whether it’s how to join, find and complete a form to start one. You can also email a teacher advisor, refer to the Ballard Staff Directory.

We at BHS and the Associated Student Body (ASB) feel that participation in student-oriented activities is a vital part of a student’s connection. Ballard HS typically offers a wide range of 60+ clubs & activities.
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ASB Clubs Quick List – 2025-26
ASB Clubs Information
Clubs A-E
Clubs F-N
Clubs P-U
How to Start a Club

ASB Clubs Quick List – 2025-26

Quick View Drop Down Club List complete. Detailed Club Information List below still in progress – check back for complete updated information.

Clubs A-E

Aerodynamic Logistic Linkage Systems
Architecture
Asian Student Union
Ballard Community Outreach
Ballard DECA
Ballard Financial Club (BFC)
Ballard Thespian Troupe
BBSU (Black and Brown Student Union)
BOAT Club (Ballard Outdoor Adventure Team)
Collage Club
Comic Club
Cyber Patriots Club
Debate Club
Disability Student Union (DSU)
DnD Club
Earth Service Corps

Clubs F-N

Feminist Alliance Union
Film Club
Fishing Club
French Club
Garment Club
Go Club
GSA (Gay Straight Alliance)
Helping Hands for the Homeless
HOSA
Improv Club
Ink Club
Japanese Language Club
KBHS Radio Club
Key Club
LatinX Students Union
Library Leaders
Magic the Gathering Club
Manga Club
Marine Biology Club
Math AB tutoring Club
Mock Trial Team
Model UN
Music and Songwriting Club
National Honors Society

Clubs P-U

Philosophy and Ethics
Photography Club
Plant Club
Poetry
Polar Plunge Club
Pride Book Club
Psychology Club
Putt Putt Club
Red Cross
Red Cross Club
Robotics: Viking team
Sailing Club
SAT prep Club
Scrapbooking Club
Slavic Club
Social Justice Club
Spanish Club
Sports Analytics Club
That Damn Book Club
The Restorative Justice Student Union
“Unapologetically, High School” (talk show) Club

ASB Clubs Information

Clubs A-E

Aerodynamic Logistic Linkage Systems

Teacher Advisor: Ms. Carlson
Student Leader/President: Jacob Brammer
Meetings: Monday
Time & Location: After School | NW203

This club gives students the chance to tinker, build, and innovate with electrical systems. Members will showcase their own inventions, hear from guest speakers who design self-made devices, and collaborate on hands-on projects. As a multidisciplinary STEM club, we focus on creativity, problem-solving, and turning ideas into working technology.

Architecture Club

Teacher Advisor: Ms. Fox
Student Leader/President: Willow Milstein
Student Assistant VP: Audrey Honeycutt
Meetings: Wednesday
Time & Location: Lunch | SW207

We will learn the basics and history of architecture as well as engaging in activities related to architectural design. We will participate in and work towards producing a design for a competition throughout the year. As a member, you will get chances to interact with professionals and go on on a field trip to a local architecture firm.

Asian Student Union

Teacher Advisor: Mr. Ager
Student Leader/President: Prita Jacobs
Student Co-Leader/President: Zoe Wong
Meetings: Wednesday
Time & Location: Lunch | S203

Creating a welcoming community for AAPI at BHS. Meetings will consist of movies, potlucks, arts and crafts, discussions around cultures, and more. All are welcome!!

Ballard Community Outreach

Teacher Advisor: Mr. Chamberlin
Student Leader/President: Silas Horn
Student Assistant VP: Logan Lemonidis
Meetings: Tuesday
Time & Location: Lunch & After School | NW216

TBD.

Ballard DECA

Teacher Advisor: Ms. Jereczek
Student Leader/President: Mark Herndon
Officer Team: Mari Puckett, James McCormick, Vincent Paya, Damian Miller, Molly Simpson, Talin Desai, Olivia Shane, Helen Scott, Clara Cooper
Meetings: Thursday
Time & Location: TBD | N101

DECA is a student organization that prepares high school and college students for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management through competitive events, real-world applications, and connections to the business world.

Ballard Financial Club (BFC)

Teacher Advisor: Mr. Blazevic
Student Leader/President: Quinn Crowe
Student VP: Vivian Cruikshank
Meetings: Tuesday
Time & Location: Lunch | Mr. Blazevic’s Room

We want to learn and empower students about all things business and finance.

Ballard Thespian Troupe

Teacher Advisor: Ms. Shor
Student Leader/President: Natalie McManus
Student VP’s: Ryan Deforest, Audrey Nordvect
Meetings: Friday
Time & Location: Lunch | SW104

Thespian Troupe #5369 is a chapter of the International Thespian Society, an honor society for students recognizing their accomplishments and contributions as a participant in their high school theater department. Students are eligible for membership once they have participated in two BHS drama productions! We induct new members at the end of each school year.

BBSU (Black and Brown Student Union)

Teacher Advisor: Coach Malik Prince
Student Leader/President: Blaine Aklilu
Student VP: Kemka Amaonwu
Meetings: Tuesday
Time & Location: Lunch | SW209

Black and Brown Student Union welcomes you all! BBSU is open to anyone and everyone, but the aim of BBSU is to make a space for Black and Brown students to build community, celebrate culture, and support each other. Our purpose is to create a sense of belonging by sharing experiences, building lasting friendships, going on educational field trips, and providing a platform for student voices. We want to empower our students at Ballard at promote a more inclusive and equitable school environment for everyone!

BOAT Club (Ballard Outdoor Adventure Team)

Teacher Advisor: Mr. Gundle
Student Leader/President: Helen Scott
Student VP: Decca Berg
Meetings: Thursday
Time & Location: Lunch | Mr. Gundle’s Room

BOAT club is a club for anyone wanting to seek being outdoors more! Each week we will meet to decide what activity we want to do that weekend. Activities usually include hikes, cold plunges, bonfires and more!

Collage Club

Teacher Advisor: Ms. Sturgeon
Student Leader/President: Eula Pashalidis
Student VP: Ruby Stan
Meetings: Friday
Time & Location: Lunch | S207

Join us once a week to express creativity through making collages with friends, supplies will be provided!

Comic Club

Teacher Advisor: Ms. Chambers
Student Leader/President: Lena Rainlyn
Student VP: Millie Wagenbrenner
Meetings: Wednesday
Time & Location: Lunch | Book Club Room/Library

We read comics and talk about them!

Cyber Patriots Club

Teacher Advisor: Mr. Krokower
Student Leader/President: Alara Engin
Meetings: Thursday
Time & Location: Lunch | N112

A cyber security competition club which; you can gain real life cyber security skills, compete nationally, and join without any experience needed!

Debate Club

Teacher Advisor: Mr. Morean
Student Leader/President: Tyler van Norman
Meetings: Monday
Time & Location: Lunch | S101

In debate club, we help build skills in debating, public speaking, and more. Come over and join us in building arguments while making new friends! Any questions email; 1tyvannorman@seattleschools.org

Disability Student Union (DSU)

Teacher Advisor: Ms. Yardly
Student Leader/President: Amelia Laing
Student VP: Nico Bacon
Meetings: Thursday
Time & Location: Lunch | S206

A place where students can get to know other students with disabilities and increase accessibility and awareness of issues affecting disabled students at BHS.

DnD Club

Teacher Advisor: Mr. Gross
Student Leader/President: Benjamin Blumenthal
Student VP: Dylan Jackson
Meetings: Tuesday
Time & Location: After School | S105

It’s a club for people to hang out and have fun playing DnD or other roleplaying or board games.

Earth Service Corps

Teacher Advisor: Mr. Gundle
Student Leader/President: Spencer Nuss
Meetings: Tuesday
Time & Location: Lunch | N112

Join us in Earth Service Corps to explore ways to locally get involved in environmental conservation efforts, participate in fun club meeting activities, socialize with your highschool community and earn service hours for your dedication. We work with the YMCA Earth Service Corps division of Seattle to coordinate outside-of-school events, such as park restorations and university summits of King County sustainably-passionate youth and adults.

Clubs F-N

Feminist Alliance Union

Teacher Advisor: Ms. Franz-Knight
Student Leader/President: Gemma Sipos
Meetings: Thursday
Time & Location: Lunch | S102

Female Student Union will be meeting on Thursdays at lunch to discuss general concepts of feminism and also how it appears in a local level. We hope to work with feminist organizations and organize local events for student empowerment.

Film Club

Teacher Advisor: Mr. Bradford
Student Leader/President: Lake Neill
Student VP: Gianna Goldyn
Meetings: Wednesday
Time & Location: After School | N225

We watch fun movies every Wednesday afterschool and help plan the Ballard High Film Festival towards the end of the year.

Fishing Club

Teacher Advisor: Mr. Krokower
Student Leader/President:
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Plan group fishing trips and teach all skill levels how and where to fish.

French Club

Teacher Advisor: Madam Sturgeion
Student Leader/President:
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French Club is a great way to immerse yourself in French Culture while also having fun! We incorporate lots of French traditions into our meetings like foods, games, and holidays.

Garment Club
Go Club
GSA (Gay Straight Alliance)
Helping Hands for the Homeless
HOSA
Improv Club
Ink Club
Japanese Language Club
KBHS Radio Club
Key Club
LatinX Students Union
Library Leaders
Magic the Gathering Club
Manga Club
Marine Biology Club
Math AB tutoring Club
Mock Trial Team
Model UN
Music and Songwriting Club
National Honors Society

Clubs P-U

Philosophy and Ethics

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Photography Club

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Plant Club
Poetry
Polar Plunge Club
Pride Book Club
Psychology Club
Putt Putt Club
Red Cross
Red Cross Club
Robotics: Viking team
Sailing Club
SAT prep Club
Scrapbooking Club
Slavic Club
Social Justice Club
Spanish Club
Sports Analytics Club
That Damn Book Club
The Restorative Justice Student Union
“Unapologetically, High School” (talk show) Club

What is a Club?

Clubs at Ballard are a way for students with similar interests to connect with each other and for incoming students to try new things as well as meet new people! Usually, clubs are during lunch on scheduled weekdays once or more per week, but it can also be hosted after or before school which will be information shared at club connections by the specific club president or leadership. Over the course of a few weeks there will be a growing list on the BHS website of all the options available, we would love for you to check it out!

How to Start a Club

If you don’t see a club you like, create one! Making a club is a simple process:

Connect with a staff “sponsor” (a teacher in support of your club idea who’s willing to host/supervise it)
Establish a space to meet (could be a classroom, the library, outdoor spaces)
Get ASB approval (fill out the online form)
Promote it! All club promotional materials need to be approved by ASB before being posted around the school.

Clubs must fill out a form to be a Club at Ballard HS. Complete the Online BHS Clubs Information Form for your Club to be considered for this school year! Questions? Ms. Lehni, Activity Coordinator at lllehni@seattleschools.org or Student Clubs Coordinator: Walter Bowie at 1wabowie@seattleschools.org

To help your clubs be successful, we are here to help in obtaining whatever supplies you may need and to assist in advertising, raising money for the club, and help with any questions you may have. If you are wondering about what clubs you should join or where you can find them, we are more than happy to aid you.

Complete Online Clubs Form

Complete the Online BHS Clubs Form for your Club to be considered for this school year!

Complete Online Clubs Form

How to Join A Club

Go to Club Connections! Talk to club leaders and explore which community speaks to you, then sign up!

ASB Fundraising

ASB Clubs Fundraising

Each class has a fund that is helpful and essential as they get to their Senior year. The Senior class fund helps support for example: Prom, Senior Shirts, Senior Awards, Graduation Cords and Class Photos.

Complete an ASB Activity Approval and Reconciliation Form. This is the form needs to be completed and submitted to ASB in order to start any type of fundraising. You only need to fill out box A, then submit the form to Ms. Lehni’s room at least 3 WEEKS in advance – ASB will then approve or deny it. Also, keep in mind that if you choose to fundraise by selling food, there is strict guidelines you have to follow which can be found on the back of the form.
A Request to Spend Form is a second form which you also need to use in order to spend any of your club’s money from fundraising. You just have to write down everything you want and the costs, then submit it to Ms. Lehni’s room 3 WEEKS in advance!
A Reimbursement Form is the third form which you can use if you end up spending your own money on your club and want to get the money back from your fundraised funds. If you are under 18, the funds will have to be paid back to either your parent or guardian. Also, be sure to specify when being reimbursed that you want the money to come from your club’s account and not ASB funding, because if you don’t specify, we will assume it’s from us and most likely not approve it.

All forms are available in the office or from Ms. Lehni.

Thank you for Filling out an ASB Activity Approval and Reconciliation Form

Some Information you should know before filling out this form:

This Form requires a signature from an ASB Student Council Representative, ASB Activities Coordinator, & Principal.
When you complete this form, it should be submitted to Ms. Lehni’s Box in the main office so that it can be approved by ASB Student Council.
ASB Student Council only meets on Mondays. If your form is submitted on a Thursday, it will not be reviewed until the following Monday.
Once the ASB Student Council reviews and approves the form it is shared with the School Principal. The School Principal then has 5 school days to review and approve the form.
Factoring in time for signatures please make sure you are filling out this form 3+ weeks before your event to allow for time and opportunity for ASB and Administration to review and ask any questions.
Forms submitted less than 3 weeks before an event may not be approved.
Submitting a form is not the same thing as approval of the form. Please check with Ms. Pitman before moving forward with your event/fundraiser.

For Food Sales and Bake Sales:

Baked goods were not prepared in a commercial kitchen following King County’s food handlers’ safety guidelines. These baked goods include the following ingredients…..then list the ingredients in case of food allergies (I suggest printing this and the ingredients list on separate address labels).

ALL food sold during the school day must be Smart Snack Compliant (Washington has no exceptions for fundraising).

Use the food planner calculator to check that your items are smart snack compliant as you build your menu for school day events. Printed copies of the approval page (the printout showing it is approved from the USDA) must be turned into the fiscal office with the fundraising forms.

Other tools: The Food Buying Guide (FBG) Interactive Web-based Tool, Washington Food Choice Code

For the purposes of this procedure, the school campus is defined as the areas of the property under the jurisdiction of the school that are accessible to students during the school day. The school day is defined as the period from midnight before, to 30 minutes after the end of the official school day.

For all food sold during the school day, the group NEEDS approval from culinary services. They can be contacted at CulinaryServices@seattleschools.org and/or a catering request can be put in at School Nutrition to get permission or rejection before serving ANY food (if this step gets skipped the group running the event is responsible for paying Culinary Services for the cost of staffing the event – even if there was no Culinary Services staff working the event).

Baked goods, like cookies or muffins, or dry items, like crackers or chips, can be sold but they should be purchased from a reputable source, such as a grocery store or bakery and be individually wrapped.

Food items not prepared in a commercial kitchen need to be individually wrapped and labeled with a CLEARLY identified/marked with the following statement:

Thank you for Filling out a Ballard High School Request for Purchase Order Form

Some Information you should know before filling out this form:

Submitting a form is not the same thing as approval of the form. Please check with Ms. Pitman to determine if your purchase has been approved

This Form requires a signature from our Fiscal Clerk, an ASB Student Council Representative, & ASB Activities Coordinator. ASB Student Council only meets on Mondays. If your form is submitted on a Thursday, it will not be reviewed until the following Monday.

When you complete this form, it should be submitted to Ms. Lehni’s Box in the main office so that it can be approved by ASB Student Council.

Once the ASB Student Council reviews and approves the Form it is returned to our Fiscal Clerk to begin the ordering process.

If your order is time sensitive, please make sure you are filling this form out 3+ weeks before you need the item(s) to allow for time and opportunity for ASB to review and ask any questions and for the order to be made.

Forms submitted less than 3 weeks before an event may mean that ordered items will not be available in time for the event.

If you order is requesting funds outside of your specific club/team, include the requesting funding source (I.e. General ASB) in the Special Notes Section.

If your order is approved and is to compensate an individual or group, you may be asked to provide their business license and W-9 for payment.

Thank you for Filling out a Seattle Public School Payment Order Form

Some Information you should know before filling out this form:

Submitting a form is not the same thing as approval of the form. Please check with Ms. Pitman to determine if your payment order has been approved if you do not see reimbursement after one school month.

This Form requires a signature from our Student Activity Treasurer, Activity Advisor, Activity Coordinator/ Principal, & Fiscal Clerk. ASB Student Council only meets on Mondays. If your form is submitted on a Thursday, it will not be reviewed until the following Monday.

When you complete this form, it should be submitted to Ms. Lehni’s Box in the main office so that it can be approved by ASB Student Council.

Once the ASB Student Council reviews and approves the Form it is returned to our Fiscal Clerk to begin the Purchase Order (Reimbursement).

The reimbursement process takes at least 3 weeks, sometimes longer.

If you are under the age of 18 and asking for reimbursement, it will be issued on your behalf to your parent or guardian. Make sure their name is included on the form so the reimbursement can be issued.

If you are asking for reimbursement for Food, you must also provide a detailed original receipt, meeting agenda, and list of attendees.

All forms are available in the main office or from Ms. Lehni.

As of October 7, 2025