Ironwood's Clubs
Students should know of clubs that take place on the Ironwood campus. The Eagles Eye Newspaper will provide this information and encourage everyone to get involved!
Sophia Bales with Young Life
Sana Attar
Staff Reporter
Glendale, Az. September 14th, 2023
Have you ever heard of young life at Ironwood High School? Young life is a group of high school Christian students who help peers grasp Christianity in a simple way. This program helps you make new relationships and friendships with other students. This program involves a winter camp in Lost Canyon and camps throughout summer. On Mondays they meet up in a house to do bible studies and activities. On Thursdays they meet up at Union Coffee to do bible studies and pray. This program is run by Morgan and Jake.
Sophie Bales was interviewed about her point of view of young life. She has been a member of young life for seven months and continuing. She stated that she would, “absolutely recommend this club to someone else, even if you are non-believer because it is a good group to be apart of.” This club has helped her become closer with God and has given her a better understanding of Christianity. One of her greatest accomplishments is young life as it has helped her create amazing friendships and has brought her closer to her faith and religion.
If you are interested in joining young life, please send a direct message to the young life Instagram page. It is a great club to start getting involved in.
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Art Club and The Fun About It
August 28, 2023
Shelby Hubbard
Staff Reporter
Would the art club be something you are interested in doing? If not, this article will change your mind.
Art club is a calming and fun thing to do in your free time, yes it can be hard at times, but it is fun to meet new people who are interested in art just like you. The people in the art club are kind and try their best to make you feel welcome.
Montana Dimond a student form art club explains some of the stuff that they do in art club “we tie-dye and do Bob Ross paint a long’s we do normal arts and crafts and also we make chalk.” They also said they would encourage people to join because “it is not just about art but the community as-well and having fun.”
The teacher of art club is Ms. Garvey she is and amazing teacher and treats all her students with great respect, she makes the class lots of fun and doesn’t judge if you mess up she tells you politely and try's to come up with a solution that will help you fix it and make it better so you could learn, Montana Dimond describes Ms. Garvey as “silly”, “kind”, and “caring”. Montana also says Ms. Garvey makes her class fun by having good humor and an amazing attitude. These are some examples of how Ms. Garvey makes her class as fun as she can, and that the art club is an extremely fun place to be and gives you amazing opportunities to be yourself and to explore the art world. This will help you learn more about what your art style is and more about some of the stuff you like doing involving art.
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IHS Student Council
February 23, 2023
Jessica Serrano
Staff Reporter
You have a chance to represent your high school. Student council has been here since as long as Ironwood has been a school.
The Eagle’s Eye Newspaper interviewed Student Body President Fefe Makuei for how this year is going for StuCo. Stuco said that the current prom will be on April 21st. We asked Fefe if there are more upcoming events; she said that there is going to a spring spirit week in April and there will be an assembly on April 14th as well as the Power Puff game. We asked about when the next Student council elections were; they said it would be at the end of March and the beginning of April. We asked about how StuCo felt about getting recognized with the outstanding council of distinction and Fefe said, “ It was kind of just like a proud moment, it just showed us like all the hard work we put wasn't unnoticed as well just very proud of ourselves”. We also asked what were some highlights of StuCo; she said, “The memories we made together as a council. Even little things like painting outside, making the posters, being here at 5:00 am working on the assembly and setting up stuff. We have these things called creations so during spirit weeks we put up plywood and put things around the class. We have to have 25 hours each (community service) and we usually go to someone's house and we just work on the creations and stuff and get our hours in; those are really fun ,the community service hours are really fun also”. StuCo also enjoys helping the community by doing the senior citizen prom, feeding starving children, writing little messages on the floor, and college fairs, Fefe said “that is something that we love doing as a council”. We asked her what was her favorite thing that Stuco has done this year, she said “ My favorite thing is probably the senior citizen problem. I like getting to connect with all the older generations and stuff and listening to them talk and how they're just so respected”. That's all the plans for now and their thought on things.
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HOSA at Ironwood
Sana Attar
Staff Reporter
Every student, every day, prepared to shape tomorrow. Ironwood high school is a part of the Peoria Unified School District also known as PUSD. Ironwood is a great place to start getting involved. HOSA is one of the clubs Ironwood High School offers. HOSA is run by Mrs. Gonzalez and Mr. Suman. This club is for all students interested in the health care field, community service projects, and medical related competitions.
Mrs. Gonzalez was interviewed, and she explained to us everything we need to know about HOSA. She told us that HOSA is a medical based group that promotes medical field careers. Mrs. Gonzalez said that she enjoys HOSA and wouldn’t change anything about it. Currently HOSA officers have not been elected. This club has been around for about 20 years, and it is still running. Mrs. Gonzelez was asked if she would recommend this program/club to anyone who wants to join the medical field and about how it will help those students? Her response was “yes, it gives them a base level understanding of what is required in the medical field especially in the state leadership. Students get to experience real world opportunities”. Mrs. Gonzalez encourages anyone and everyone apart from Ironwood High School to join HOSA.
HOSA is a great introduction to the medical field. Mrs. Gonzalez and Mr. Suman try their best to make it great for anyone and everyone to enjoy. Ironwood is the place to get involved!
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August 29th, 2023
The National Honors Society
August 31, 2023
Samuel Gregorio
Staff Reporter
The National Honors Society (NHS), sponsored by Mr. Alinsonorin, is a one-of-a-kind club that does a lot for Ironwood. The aim of the NHS is to promote leadership, scholarship, character, and service to Ironwood and Ironwood’s community.
There are many benefits in this club that Mr. Alinsonorin mentions, so here is everything you need to know about the NHS and how special the NHS is.
The NHS is a great opportunity for students to give back to their community. “They do community service, tutoring, and club activities like fundraisers and organize events for the community,” Mr. Alinsonorin said.
For what to expect in the club, Mr. Alinsonorin says that “They should expect to give back to their community and become a better model and leader.” The community includes Ironwood as a whole and our school’s families, where the NHS gives back through volunteering during events. The NHS offers to volunteer for any event, any sport, and any club.
In order to join the NHS, you must be an incoming junior or senior, have a high grade of 3.75, leadership history, and community service for twenty hours in their high school career.
Qualities that are also required and that will be developed are being a scholar and leader, and doing service with having character. These are called the four pillars of the NHS.
If you do meet these requirements, have leadership qualities, and ready to be able to do work, I would recommend that you really consider joining the NHS.
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The Amazing Key Club
August 28th, 2023
Raven Saucedo
Staff Reporter
Ironwood’s Key Club, sponsored by Ms. Zint in room 220, is welcoming any students looking for an effective way to help make our campus look better, feel better, and be better. The club commences in acts of service, for example, working in food banks, nursing homes, group clean-up projects after school events, and more activities than that. The club allows members free tickets into school dances and games when you enter, choosing to stay after to help clean up with your friends for a couple minutes and get in for free sounds like a good deal, another good deal from key club is receiving the college certificate when you complete your needed hours. Getting yourself involved with clubs helps with developing new life skills, learning how to maintain an excellent work ethic and build connections you may not have predicted yourself making, and it will be a nice touch on your applications. “Key Club will open new doors for you and help create a reputation with a good look without much effort from you,” a member stated. Another plus from this club is that you do not have to maintain your grades to be in the club, you can be anyone and be a part of Key Club without worrying about getting let go. The only things that are needed from you are your willingness to show up to the volunteer events, pull through with getting your hours and get the work done! Key Club is an amazing club to choose if you are unsure about sports, band, or any other academic clubs, and you will love the experience.
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Law Enforcement with Mr. Beck
August 31st, 2023
Johnathan Corpus
Staff Reporter
There is a club on Ironwood High School campus that Mr. Beck teaches in room 307. Law Enforcement offers students important information about the field of law and criminology.
There are many benefits for students interested in the field of law which Mr. Beck said students will “be able to build up their network of knowledge they’ll even be able to build towards potential internships through the school or through the different agencies that come in.” In addition, Mr. Beck has many guest speakers that come in and inform you the students about their career.
In this class officers are taken to leadership training at the end of September and then they are all eligible to compete for Skills U.S.A.
Mr. Beck mentions that students could build towards a multitude of areas in the field for example being a police officer, a lawyer, or being on the field with forensics.
One of many requirements to be in this club is that you must pass the criminal justice class. With this class you learn about trials and criminology, keep in mind you will be participating in quite a bit of mock trials. Mrs. Biddle teaches this class.
In order to join this club, you are required to be in Mr. Beck’s Law 1 class. You can take this class through the fall and spring. If this club and class sound interesting to you talk to your counselor about taking criminal justice and law.
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August 31st, 2023
Protect the Nest!
Vincent Encizo
Staff Reporter
The NEST is one of the many clubs offered here at IHS. The NEST is a club that motivates students to support our teams when they play home games. The club is sponsored by Mr. Augustine.
What is the main goal of this club? According to Amen Guma, a freshman joining the club says, “to support Ironwood culture, decide game themes, and student life”. Guma also adds, “People should join this club because it’s an easy and fun way to get involved with Ironwood”.
The benefits of joining this club are that you can be a supporting member of the IHS community while having fun. The NEST is open to anyone in the Ironwood community that wants to support their school for home sports games. If you would like to join this club, contact Mr. Augustine or show up at their next meeting.
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Dungeons and Dragons Club
August 31st, 2023
Vivian Fassett
Staff Reporter
As the Dungeons and Dragons club at Ironwood High School is having their first meeting Thursday, August 31st, now is the perfect time to discuss what the club is all about. At its core, this is a club that promotes creativity and storytelling, along with creating a fun social environment for all its members.
The game Dungeons and Dragons, according to the official website, is a game where players explore a fantasy world together, embarking on quests and leveling up. The Dungeon Master, or DM, is the referee and storyteller for the game. There is no winning and losing in the conventional sense, because at its heart, D&D is a game about creating stories with the members of your group. Everything is the decision of those involved, from what the characters look and act like, to what happens next in the campaign. The collective creativity of the players and DM builds stories to tell again and again, whether that is because they are awesome, because they are hilarious, or something in between.
According to Logan Deacon, a member of the club, D&D encourages creativity and social interaction, and he said he had made some of his best friends by joining the club. This is because the game itself is built to encourage socializing, albeit as characters rather than as people. Even so, it causes the players to build and reinforce interpersonal skills and relationships within the group. This is an important thing to reinforce in the digital age, where most of our interaction is not face to face. As stated by the National Library of Medicine, adolescence is a period of life that includes heightened sensitivity to social stimuli and an increased need for peer interaction. This means that the kind of interaction D&D encourages is crucial at this stage in a person’s life.
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Ironwood's Dance Program
August 31st, 2023
Em Pearson
Staff Reporter
Ironwood, like most high schools, has a program for the students who love to dance and those that are simply interested in learning. This program has three different levels of dance for students. Most start in Beginning Dance, a semester long class. It is required to have taken Beginning and passed it to move up into the next level of dance. Advanced is the next semester long class and opportunity for students to keep dancing if they cannot go to studio dance. And the last and highest level of dance for Ironwood is Performance Dance. Performance is a two-semester class, and they self-choregraph their routines as well as performing in the opener for every show.
Each class is a mix of all grade-levels, except Performance is a class that involves auditioning at the end of the school year. Many dancers in this program continue after their first semester, moving on to either Advanced then Performance or just skip straight to performance dance. “I’ve been on the program for about four semesters,” says junior Javier Yuguffel. He also says it's been fun and nice to collaborate as a team to make their movements look good. Currently, Performance is working on four routines for their upcoming show, Waves of Emotions.
Ironwood’s dance program offers them clothing options, such as jackets, sweatpants, and a couple of different options for shirts, such as a short-sleeve or a long-sleeve. It is also a rule that dancers have their ids placed in a pocket with a specific number and their street shoes in a cubby. The only shoes allowed on the dance floor are pirouettes or jazz shoes. Uniform is a t-shirt and leggings, or shorts with tights underneath. Hair must be tied back when they dance, so it does not fall in their face.
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The IHS French Honor's Society
September 7, 2023
Keila Gonzalez
Staff Reporter
The French Honors Society is a nationally recognized honor society for excellent high school students enrolled in French. It is a small club, often hosted in high schools, that offers volunteer work surrounding the French language.
The Ironwood High School French Honors Society is sponsored by the French teacher, Mr. Gainey. He has been sponsoring this club for many years and was interviewed to further educate the public on this club. He stated that French Honors Society is a club “for students that have taken at least three levels of French, have averaged an ‘A’ in all their French classes, and have an overall ‘B’ average for their grades.”
When asked about the goals for the club, Gainey responded by saying his goals are to “have better attendance, teach the students how to become more focused, to run the club more themselves than [him], and to really set the tone for FHS.”
However, few people know about this club. It is a small club, but it is not difficult to enroll in if you have the qualities listed. Gainey stated that the students in FHS “have really pushed themselves in the French language. From day one, they used the language as much as possible. Especially the students that went to France with [him]. They learned that they can use the language, they can speak it, and they understand the regular speed of how French people talk.”
For more information on how you can join the club, speak with your counselor about placing you in a French class, or email Mr. Gainey.
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Law Enforcement with Mr. Beck
August 31st, 2023
Johnathan Corpus
Staff Reporter
There is a club on Ironwood High School campus that Mr. Beck teaches in room 307. Law Enforcement offers students important information about the field of law and criminology.
There are many benefits for students interested in the field of law which Mr. Beck said students will “be able to build up their network of knowledge they’ll even be able to build towards potential internships through the school or through the different agencies that come in.” In addition, Mr. Beck has many guest speakers that come in and inform you the students about their career.
In this class officers are taken to leadership training at the end of September and then they are all eligible to compete for Skills U.S.A.
Mr. Beck mentions that students could build towards a multitude of areas in the field for example being a police officer, a lawyer, or being on the field with forensics.
One of many requirements to be in this club is that you must pass the criminal justice class. With this class you learn about trials and criminology, keep in mind you will be participating in quite a bit of mock trials. Mrs. Biddle teaches this class.
In order to join this club, you are required to be in Mr. Beck’s Law 1 class. You can take this class through the fall and spring. If this club and class sound interesting to you talk to your counselor about taking criminal justice and law.
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August 31st, 2023
Protect the Nest!
Vincent Encizo
Staff Reporter
The NEST is one of the many clubs offered here at IHS. The NEST is a club that motivates students to support our teams when they play home games. The club is sponsored by Mr. Augustine.
What is the main goal of this club? According to Amen Guma, a freshman joining the club says, “to support Ironwood culture, decide game themes, and student life”. Guma also adds, “People should join this club because it’s an easy and fun way to get involved with Ironwood”.
The benefits of joining this club are that you can be a supporting member of the IHS community while having fun. The NEST is open to anyone in the Ironwood community that wants to support their school for home sports games. If you would like to join this club, contact Mr. Augustine or show up at their next meeting.
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Dungeons and Dragons Club
August 31st, 2023
Vivian Fassett
Staff Reporter
As the Dungeons and Dragons club at Ironwood High School is having their first meeting Thursday, August 31st, now is the perfect time to discuss what the club is all about. At its core, this is a club that promotes creativity and storytelling, along with creating a fun social environment for all its members.
The game Dungeons and Dragons, according to the official website, is a game where players explore a fantasy world together, embarking on quests and leveling up. The Dungeon Master, or DM, is the referee and storyteller for the game. There is no winning and losing in the conventional sense, because at its heart, D&D is a game about creating stories with the members of your group. Everything is the decision of those involved, from what the characters look and act like, to what happens next in the campaign. The collective creativity of the players and DM builds stories to tell again and again, whether that is because they are awesome, because they are hilarious, or something in between.
According to Logan Deacon, a member of the club, D&D encourages creativity and social interaction, and he said he had made some of his best friends by joining the club. This is because the game itself is built to encourage socializing, albeit as characters rather than as people. Even so, it causes the players to build and reinforce interpersonal skills and relationships within the group. This is an important thing to reinforce in the digital age, where most of our interaction is not face to face. As stated by the National Library of Medicine, adolescence is a period of life that includes heightened sensitivity to social stimuli and an increased need for peer interaction. This means that the kind of interaction D&D encourages is crucial at this stage in a person’s life.
Image Credit: dandd.wizards.com
Ironwood's Dance Program
August 31st, 2023
Em Pearson
Staff Reporter
Ironwood, like most high schools, has a program for the students who love to dance and those that are simply interested in learning. This program has three different levels of dance for students. Most start in Beginning Dance, a semester long class. It is required to have taken Beginning and passed it to move up into the next level of dance. Advanced is the next semester long class and opportunity for students to keep dancing if they cannot go to studio dance. And the last and highest level of dance for Ironwood is Performance Dance. Performance is a two-semester class, and they self-choregraph their routines as well as performing in the opener for every show.
Each class is a mix of all grade-levels, except Performance is a class that involves auditioning at the end of the school year. Many dancers in this program continue after their first semester, moving on to either Advanced then Performance or just skip straight to performance dance. “I’ve been on the program for about four semesters,” says junior Javier Yuguffel. He also says it's been fun and nice to collaborate as a team to make their movements look good. Currently, Performance is working on four routines for their upcoming show, Waves of Emotions.
Ironwood’s dance program offers them clothing options, such as jackets, sweatpants, and a couple of different options for shirts, such as a short-sleeve or a long-sleeve. It is also a rule that dancers have their ids placed in a pocket with a specific number and their street shoes in a cubby. The only shoes allowed on the dance floor are pirouettes or jazz shoes. Uniform is a t-shirt and leggings, or shorts with tights underneath. Hair must be tied back when they dance, so it does not fall in their face.
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American Sign Language at IHS
August 28, 2023
Lilly Vickers
Staff Reporter
American Sign Language has been an up-and-coming popular subject lately. What makes it so special? For starters, ASL is considered a foreign language. To speak, you not only use your hands to make gestures and signs, but you also use facial expressions to reveal how you feel about the subject being discussed. The way to learn sign language is the same way as anyone would acquire a traditional speaking language. Learning any new language is brain stimulating, and of course difficult to learn. ASL uses an entirely different grammar or “pronunciation” and word order. If an interpreter is translating English into ASL, they switch the order, verb tense and even word choice to make it comprehendible in sign language. ASL is crucial for those who are deaf or hearing impaired. Friends and family of those who rely on ASL to conversate must also know it to be able to communicate with their loved one, but many people don’t realize that although ASL is used for those who are hard of hearing, it can be a very valuable life skill to know. Learning new languages, especially ones you speak by hand, gives you a cognitive workout, which is great for creative thinking, brain function, memory, spiritual awareness and so much more. So, If ASL sounds interesting to you go talk to Mrs. Dodge on our campus about joining!
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E-Gals and Iron-Men
August 28, 2023
Zoe Yeo
Staff Reporter
The club E- Gals and Iron-Men here at Ironwood is truly a club for everyone. Whether you have been in a choir or not, club sponsor, Mr. Hutter, allows students the opportunity to be a part of choir concerts with just some passion and after-school practices! Many girls and boys take advantage of this opportunity for they get their own moment on stage and get to sing together with their own voices which allows them to connect with each other on a deeper level.
This club creates amazing bonds and makes for even better singing when they find comfort in each other. “Would have to be the people” said Sofia Ruiz when asked what her favorite part about the club was, “As well as the wide variety, because people don’t have to sing in parts they are assigned in their current choir class but rather whatever they want so it allows for more vocal range and experimenting with your voice!” Said by Zoey Lacharite, also an E-Gal.
Rehearsals are held once a week, for boys on Tuesdays, and for girls on Thursdays. New members are always welcome and encouraged throughout the entire year! Mr. Hutter our choir director says, “Something kids can look forward to when joining E-gals or any other choir club for that matter, is to make a lot of friends although that might not be their initial goal but is what’s going to happen and then hopefully enhance their love of singing as well as just feel like they are improving as a singer, and also to get the fun of performing on stage!” This club seems like a safe place for all passionate singers and is something you should not be afraid to try out if interested.
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