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Thank you for your patience as we put the finishing touches on our new site.

⏰Summer Office Hours : Monday-Thursday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The School office will be closed the week of June 30, and reopen on Monday, July 7.

🍎First Day of School - August 25, 2005

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Clubs & Activities

Clubs & Activities

Our students are often thirsty for more. Just because the final bell rings doesn’t mean we are finished. Extracurricular programming provides exciting opportunities for our students to try new activities or delve deeper into areas of passion.

Get involved. Have fun!

Students participate in, lead, and even create school clubs based on their unique interests and talents. Our ever-changing lists of clubs and activities across campus offers students abundant opportunities to explore their passions and discover new ones, and to connect and have fun with peers and faculty who share similar interests.

  • Contact – Rob Miller
    robert_miller@catawbaschools.net

    Balls Creek Archery logo featuring a bow and arrow design with stylized eyes.The Balls Creek Archery Team is for students in grades 4-6.  The archery team meets weekly and is instructed in international-style target archery following the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP). 

    Practices will focus on proper technique and form. In addition to school practices, students will be expected to practice at home using their string bow (a training device) and exercise (strength/Pilates/yoga) for 10-15 minutes a day. 

    The Balls Creek Archery Team will compete in several tournaments throughout the season.

     

     

  • Contact – Patty Gagnon
    patricia_gagnon@catawbaschools.net

    An owl illustration holds a sign with a quadratic formula.Our Math Team is open to students in grades 4-6 and meets weekly to strengthen math skills, explore new strategies, and have fun with problem-solving activities. This opportunity is open to students who enjoy math, like working in teams, and want to continue growing as mathematicians.

    In the spring, 5th and 6th grade Math Team members have the chance to represent Balls Creek in the district-wide Catawba Counts Competition, where they collaborate and compete with peers from across the county.

    It’s a great way to challenge yourself, build confidence, and celebrate the joy of math!

  • Contact – Whitney McIntosh
    whitney_mcintosh@catawbaschools.net

    owl playing on hornMusic lovers in grades 4-6 have the opportunity to join our Balls Creek Music Ensemble. These members meet once per week for practice and participate in several performances throughout the year, both for our Balls Creek students and for our community members.

     

  • Contact – Hannah Callahan
    hannah_callahan@catawbaschools.net

    A black and white logo for Balls Creek PE Club Elementary.The Balls Creek PE Club consists of students in grades 4-6 who are interested in expanding their skill level outside of the regular physical education classroom.

    The goal of this extracurricular program is to build students' balance, coordination, confidence, and competence by teaching them a variety of challenging skills.

    Students in this club will learn jump rope, juggling, and unicycle skills beyond the basic skills taught in PE. The members of this club will perform a choreographed routine during halftime of high school and college/university basketball games. 

     

     

     

  • Contact -Stephanie Eddings
    stephanie_eddings@catawbaschools.net

    Robotics Club logo featuring gears, atoms, and the club's name.

    On our Grade 2-3 Robotics Team and Grade 4-6 Robotics Team students have exciting opportunities to learn how to design, build, and program Lego robots throughout the season.

    During the first half of the season, students learn basic programming, as well as advanced programming of sensors to achieve a specific task.  The students use both the Lego Mindstorms robot and the Sphero robot during this time.  

    The county competition is held in the winter months and has different challenges on competition boards for the students to gain points.  During the second half of the season, students use the design process to build and program Sumobots to compete with each other.  These robots are programmed beforehand and are run autonomously during two different competitions in the spring season.