Student Resources

Welcome to Astro-arts, where science meets creativity! This club is made in the spirit of connecting science and art. We will focus on creative expression about the universe through exhibitions, field trips, and guest speakers.

Whether you're new to badminton or it's your favorite sport, come engage in some friendly competition, hone your skills and learn more about the game!

Learn an orchestra instrument during our club time on Wednesdays after school! We have a robust instrumental music program at TGS with 130 students participating. We also travel and participate in national competitions.

Develop collaboration and teamwork among students, enriching the well-being of students.  

• Learn more about the development of board games
• Attend board game conventions
• Learn about the culture of board games

Book Club is a laid back community of readers. At the start of the year, we fundraise together to buy our group book, then spend the year reading and discussing it at monthly gatherings. On the first Tuesday of each month, we meet to share what we're loving (or not), swap reactions, and dive into our favorite moments.

The Cheer/Pom Line promotes school spirit through dance, cheer, and performance. Students will build teamwork, confidence, and leadership skills while performing at athletic events. We will also help StuCo with fundraising activities.

The Chess Club meets weekly and welcomes chess players of any skill level, offering a fun, friendly environment! With guidance from our professional coach, members learn how to play chess or greatly improve their game while participating in engaging club activities. We also participate in USCF tournaments held locally and across Arizona.

The purpose of this club is to spread awareness of the culture and traditions of the Chinese people.

The purpose of this club would be to help members improve upon how they communicate. It would promote respectful listening and expose members to new perspectives.

DreamCatchers empowers students and their local communities to fulfill the end-of-life dreams of hospice patients and creates powerful connections for younger and older generations.

Teach online creation skills and have more experienced Fab Lab helpers to assist Mr. Russo and Ms. Woods in the Fab Lab. Earn Fab Lab badges.

• 3D designing & printing
• laser cutting
• vinyl cutting
• technology
• sublimation

The farmyard at TGS is a caring place for students to have real, interactive, compassionate experiences. Students practice responsibility for the health, welfare, and contentment of these animals. Students also build friendly relationships with animals and peers in this precious, peaceful space. Our farmyard learning space complements TGS’s rich and varied program of study fostering personal wholeness.

Students will learn the sport of fencing, developing physical fitness, mental discipline, strategy, and sportsmanship in a fun, beginner friendly environment.

Students gain the knowledge and resources to make their amazing short films over the course of the year. We will organize the annual TGS film festival, where students can showcase their work. We will teach students everything about the process of filmmaking, from screenwriting to editing, and give them the steps to apply this knowledge to create their own stories.

FIRST Lego League is a guided global robotics competition based on theme-based challenges. Students collaborate to design, build, and test robots using Lego technology, apply real-world math and science concepts, and learn critical thinking, collaboration and presentation skills.

We aim to educate the student body about the cultures of French-speaking countries. We do French-related things just for fun, such as making crêpes or sponsoring movie explorations. We do bake sales and other fundraisers to buy gifts for our adopted refugee family around the holidays, and we often contribute to an organization, such as the St. Boniface Hospital in Haiti. 

(Everyone is welcome. It is not just for French speakers.)

Students will address and discuss issues of interest to and facing the LGBTQIA community and allies; activities will include fundraising and services to benefit the local community and related organizations.

This club will help students understand and discuss the complexities of the horror genre.

Leadership opportunity to expand participation with Rotary Club and community organizations by teaching strategy and passion for issues.

The Investment Club works to educate the student body on the importance of saving, how to do so in the best manner, and teaching people different ways to invest.

Jewish Student Union is about empowering the next generation of Jewish teens. This can help the jewish population at school celebrate their culture and feel like they belong.

We meet up to discuss current issues and then debate (formally and informally). There are both National and State chapters that we are loosely affiliated with.

The Literary Magazine staff creates a yearly magazine reflecting upper school writing and art. We create prompts and competitions to generate student submissions. We select and lay out the pieces that will be featured in the spring publication. 

The second semester is a much busier time for the literary magazine staff than the first semester due to the lengthy process involved in reviewing submissions. If you're interested in shaping this year's publication, it's important that you develop a discerning eye and a compassionate lexicon when reviewing peer work. 

Born out of a tragic school shooting, March For Our Lives is a courageous youth-led movement dedicated to promoting civic engagement, education, and direct action by youth.

This club is for students interested in tutoring middle school students in math. We will be meeting regularly to devise strategies and organize tutoring sessions. If you are strong in math, and have an interest in helping out younger students, please talk to us. Limited availability.

Mock Trial helps students study law, public speaking, and debate. A Mock Trial is a competition in which students simulate a real trial. The team prepares an argument for both sides of the case (prosecution/plaintiff and defense) and goes on to compete against other schools in Arizona.

This club will combine stem with hands-on car building, design and maintenance.  Students will learn practical skills in mechanics and teamwork to build and race.

We compete in a sports-like competition featuring robots. We build and program robots, plan outreach, and volunteer together. All are welcome. We appreciate a variety of talents and skills, even those that do not have to do with engineering or robots

The Russian club is meant to educate The Gregory School students on Russian culture and language. It would give students some general knowledge and make students more accepting of European culture.

This club is for students interested in tutoring peers in science. Struggling students can contact this club and schedule a time during AE to meet with a tutor and receive additional help. Student tutors will be able to receive volunteer credit for their time. Official meetings will be held monthly/quarterly.

Students Enhancing Athletic Leadership provides athletes an opportunity to engage the community in school spirit. SEAL Club will help increase attendance at games, help to create a community that supports one another and maximize the student-athlete experience at TGS.

Our mission is to teach students the steps required to create a podcast. It allows students to learn technical and critical skills, develop their communication skills and create podcasts about topics of their choice.

The student council strives to maximize the quality of student life by being the eyes, ears, and voice of the student body. The objective of the Student Council of the Gregory School is to represent student interest, needs and welfare within the campus community on issues affecting student life. This is done by initiating and coordinating student activities, representing student ideas and to the faculty and administration, and providing a physical and social environment in which to achieve the above objectives. Congruent with this is the development of leadership and teamwork within the student council in carrying out the duties of the student council.

We will detail the publishing process and go through similar motions (brainstorming, drafting, editing, formatting, printing, etc.), all leading up to the end-of-year book launch event, in which you can premiere your printed pieces to your friends, family, and the TGS community! The options for your piece are broken down into two categories: print books and comic books. Print books involve novels, short story collections, poetry, fanfiction, scripts, etc., and comic books are, just that, comic books and graphic novels.

This club’s purpose is to have fun and unwind with friends after school.  We would learn about video games and science around video games to share with the Gregory Middle School community for general education.