Academic Intramurals

Program:  MURAL PAINTING ART CLUB
Dates:  Mondays - Oct 3, 17, 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 12
Time:  2:45 – 3:45 pm 
Advisor:  Mrs. Raynold
Location:  Room 3, Art Room
Fee:  $50.00
Limit:  14 students

Interested in unleashing your creativity and applying your artistic skills to large scale artwork? Join the Mural Painting Art Club! We will be working collaboratively to design and create murals to be displayed around Polson. These may be themed or student driven and we will be using the elements of art and the principles of design to develop your artistic skills on a large scale. Color theory and painting techniques will be covered as well.

Program:  ARTISTIC DIMENSIONS
Dates:  Tuesdays - Sept 27, Oct 4, 11, 18, 25, Nov 1, 15, 22, 29, Dec 6
Time:  2:45 – 3:45 pm 
Advisor:  Mrs. Brown
Location:  Room 3, Art Room
Fee:  $50.00
Limit:  20 students 

Bring to life your imagination and creativity through art with the Artistic Dimensions after-school art program! The students in attendance will be inspired to explore their visions, thoughts, and emotions through guided and directed hands-on art projects.  Students will develop and expand on their knowledge of color, composition, and design while mastering their inner creativity utilizing various creative techniques and materials. We will explore a variety of artistic realms such as illusions with patterns, tie dying, painting, pencil art, recycled art, mixed-media and much more.

Program:  RECYCLED REFLECTIONS:  COLLAGE ART
Dates:  Wednesdays - Sept 28, Oct 12, 26, Nov 2, 9, 16, 30, Dec 7, 14, 21
Time:  2:45 – 3:45 pm 
Advisor:  Resident Artist Faustin Adeniran
Location:  Room 3, Art Room
Fee:  $50.00
Limit:  20 students 

In this workshop the values that are important to each student's community and what makes their communities unique will be discussed.  From there, we will create works that reflect that discussion. Students will be asked to bring in materials from home. They can be recycled materials like old newspapers, cardboard, cards, plastic bags, etc. and they will also bring in small but meaningful materials (photos, quotes, other small trinkets) that can either be used to inspire a work or be incorporated into one. 

Program:  FRENCH MOVIE & GAME CLUB
Dates:  Thursdays - Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 10, 17, Dec 1, 8
Time:  2:45 – 3:45 pm 
Advisor:  Madame Sperling
Location:  Room 29
Fee:  $50.00 
Limit:  20 students

Do you want to discover French films? Taste French treats? And play games in French? If you answered “Oui!”, then you should join the French Movie & Game club! Open to all students in Grade 6, 7 & 8. Over the course of the 10 sessions you will watch several films, and build up French vocabulary through games, crafts and songs.

Program:  WRITING CLUB
Dates:  Fridays - Sept 30, Oct 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, Dec 2, 9 
Time:  2:45 – 3:45 pm 
Advisor:  Ms. Fazzina
Location:  Room 31
Fee:  $50.00 

If you love to write, or are looking to expand your writing skills, this club is for you! The Writing Club is a place where you can share ideas, be creative, and make new friends! We will be exploring all kinds of writing styles such as poetry, journalism, short stories, and even novel writing across all genres. Students will have the choice to work collaboratively or independently as we build our writer’s portfolio that can last a lifetime!

Program:  UNIFIED SOCCER
Dates:  Wednesdays - Sept 28, Oct 12, 26, Nov 2, 9, 16
Time:  2:45 – 3:45 pm 
Advisor:  Ms. Wasserman
Location:  DHHS Softball Turf
Fee:  $30.00 

We are excited to run Polson Unified soccer this fall.  Students of all abilities will come together to have some fun and make new friends in the process.  Ms. Wasserman will be coaching the team and has planned practices and games starting Wednesday, Sept 28.  We plan to organize games with Guilford, Westbrook, and Durham.

Program:  ROBOTICS CLUB
Dates:  Wednesdays – September 28, 2022 through March (TBD) 2023

There will be a few weeks where the day we meet might be different due to a holiday or prep for competition.

• Mondays – Oct 3, 17, Nov 21
• Wednesdays - Sept 28, Oct 12, 26, Nov 2, 9, 16, 30, Dec 7, 14, Jan 4, 11, 18, 25, Feb 1, 8, 15, 22, Mar 1
• Thursday - Oct. 6
• Fridays – Nov 18, Dec 9, Jan 20, Feb 3, Mar 3

Competitions:  We usually attend one to four competitions that take place on Saturdays. Tentative dates are below. 

• Nov 19, 2022 - The Ashford School or Bolton Middle School
• Dec 10, 2022 - Walter Polson Middle School (This will be the second competition we have hosted)
• Jan 21, 2023 - Sage Park Middle School, Windsor, CT
• Feb 4, 2023 - St. Bridget’s, Cheshire, CT
• Feb 18, 2023 - Boys & Girls Club, Meriden, CT
• Mar 4, 2023 - Connecticut State Championship, Middle School of Plainville (Only for teams that qualified during the season)
• Snow date: Mar 11, 2023

Time:  2:45 – 4:00 pm 
Advisor:  Mr. Grenier
Location:  DHHS - Room 130.  Students will meet at the Polson gym lobby and walk over together with Mr. Grenier. 
Pickup:  Students are to be picked up under the bridge at DHHS at 4 PM
Fee:  $200.00 
Limit:  20 students

Are you interested in Robotics?  Do you want to learn how to construct and program a robot?  How about participate in a robotics competition to showcase your programming and robot skills?  Using the VEX IQ robotics platform, our goal is to build several competition ready robots and compete against other middle schools across the state at various competitions.  Being a team driven club, students who are interested must be committed and attend all practices and competitions.  All are welcome!