Sr. Beta

The West Feliciana High School Senior Beta Club is a leadership-service organization for grades 9th -12th.  Its purpose is to promote the ideals of character, service, and leadership among students, to reward meritorious achievement, and to encourage and assist students in continuing their education after high school.  Each member should strive to promote the principles of honesty, justice, service, cooperation, responsibility, industriousness, humility, and charity. Club dues are $30.00 for new members and $10.00 for returning members. The sponsors for Senior Beta Club are Pam Freshney, Cristina Talbot, Pat Watkins, and Alma Kent.

SADD

Originally, the mission of the SADD chapter was to help young people say "No" to drinking and driving. Today, the mission has expanded. Students have told us that positive peer pressure, role models and other strategies can help them say "No" to more than drinking and driving. And that is why SADD has become a peer leadership organization dedicated to preventing destructive decisions, particularly underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving, teen violence as well as teen depression and suicide.

SADD's mission: To provide students with the best prevention and intervention tools possible to deal with the issues of underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving and other destructive decisions.

The West Feliciana High School chapter of SADD has been active since the Fall of 2000 and is currently being sponsored by Becky Johnson.

The Interact Club

If you are looking for a club that is year around, extremely involved and a very rewarding club to be a part of then you should join, The Interact Club.  The Interact Club is a service club that works to serve the school and the community.  Within the school The Interact Club hosts the Homecoming Dance, Mardi Gras Ball, and the Valentine's Day carnation sale.  This year in the community the Interact Club will participate in Habitat for Humanity in Saint Francisville and The Dreams Come True Foundation in the local area.  The Interact Club also participates in the State Interact Convention which is held during the spring, where students compete for several different types of awards.  The requirements  to be in Interact are simple: each student must have at least a 2.5 GPA and helping hands to serve West Feliciana High School and the community.  The sponsor for The Interact Club is Mark Lester.

Spanish Club Description

The Spanish Club at WFHS is a club that provides students interested in Spanish the opportunity to participate in related activities. The club seeks to foster a curiosity of other cultures, particularly those of Spanish speaking countries. Club members build a Spanish themed float for the homecoming parade, have a Cinco de Mayo celebration, sing Spanish Christmas carols for the community and participate in various fundraisers such as selling Spanish plants and food! This year we hope to participate in a lesson for traditional Latin dancing. The sponsors for Spanish Club are Gentry Hanks and BreeAnn VanderWoude.

FCCLA is a nonprofit national career and technical student organization for young men and women in family and consumer sciences education. It is the only national career and technical student organization with the family as its central focus. Chapter projects focus on a variety of youth concerns, including teen pregnancy, parenting, family relationships, substance abuse, peer pressure, environment, nutrition and fitness, teen violence, and career exploration. Involvement in FCCLA offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life.  The sponsor is Sheila Doherty.

National F.F.A. Organization

The National F.F.A. Organization is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. The U.S. Dept. of Education provides leadership and help set direction for the F.F.A. as a service to state and local agricultural education programs. To become a member of the F.F.A. a student must be in grades 9-12 and be enrolled in Agriscience I,II,III or IV.  The sponsor is Jason McCray.

The WFHS Thespian Club is part of the International Thespian Society. Its purpose is to promote excellence in the theatre arts, and membership is open to all high school students who meet the requirements. All active members must have completed one hundred hours of superior work in some area of theatre. The club performs plays for the elementary, middle, and high schools and for the community. Students also attend the annual Louisiana Thespian Conference where they participate in a variety of theatrical performances.  The sponsors are Trish Robinson and Georgia Dudley.

Latin Club

Re: Louisiana Junior Classical League WFHS Chapter Description
The LJCL is an academic club for students enrolled in Latin, Greek or other Classics courses. It is a statewide organization that is under a national organization, the Nation Junior Classical League. It provides students the opportunity to learn about the Classics and Classical languages and to share that knowledge with others. It enables them to appreciate the influence that the Classics have on our everyday lives. Throughout the year there are various meetings with other local chapters. In the spring there is a statewide convention where local chapters compete in categories such as: grammar, vocabulary, art, textiles, Classics promotion, mythology, derivatives, costume, digital media, oratory and trivia. For more information on LJCL please visit the website: http://louisianajcl.com/

Gentry Hanks
Latin and Spanish Teacher
West Feliciana High School
Hanksg@wfpsb.org

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