Clubs & PERKs
Learn where your passions can take you.
PERKs
At San Domenico, we encourage our students to discover and explore their passions, so that they may grow into their true selves. For students in grades 6-12, this includes PERKs (Passion, Engagement, Reflection, and Knowledge) — a 60-minute block of time integrated into the school day every week, giving students the opportunity to dig deeper and discover new interests.
Not to be confused with Middle School electives or Upper School course offerings—including theatre, art, music, dance, athletics, and more—our PERKs programming is separately designed for student interests that are not otherwise represented in the official SD curriculum.
From a micro-course in hip-hop to cooking lessons, rock band, and yoga, our PERK offerings are as varied as our students’ passions. Specific PERKs vary based on student interest. Recent offerings have included:
- A Cappella
- Anime
- Archery
- Ballet
- Board Games
- Body Positive
- Cooking
- Film
- Gardening
- Green Team
- Guitar Club
- Hiking
- Hip Hop
- Jazz Band
- Junior Statesmen of America
- Math Tutoring Club
- Mathletes
- Model United Nations
- National Honor Society
- Panther Press Newspaper
- Peer Resource
- Robotics
- Rock Band
- San Domenico Singers
- Speech Team
- Student Council
- Tinkering
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Yearbook
- Yoga
Student Clubs
Upper School student clubs meet during lunch and sometimes after school.
They provide yet another opportunity for connection, intellectual exploration, creativity, social impact, and fun.
Clubs at SD are traditionally student-initiated and anchored in distinctive, common interests. Recent student clubs have included:
- Asian Student Association
- Black Student Union
- Body Positive
- Book Club
- Chess Club
- Economics Club
- Hydroponics Club
- Japanese Club
- Jew Crew
- Junior Statesmen of America
- K-Pop and KR & B Language Club
- Latino League
- Multicultural Club
- Panther Spirit Club
- Photography Club
- Queer Student Union
- Social Justice Club
- Volunteer Club
Curious about this year’s Upper School clubs, or how you can help start a new one? Contact Ms. Tredinnick.