Archery Club 

Membership:  Membership in this club shall be open to students in grades 9-12, who are in sound academic standing..

Purpose:  To provide an informal social experience in which the student can grow.  To help contribute to the students knowledge of archery, its history, and development.  To help members develop their shooting skills, and knowledge of how the equipment can be fine tuned.  To provide opportunities for the members to shoot both for practice and in competition.

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Art Club

Membership:  Membership is open to students in grades 10-12.  Students must maintain a 3.0 grade average in Art and have approval of the advisor.

Purpose:  Art Club members are able to utilize their artistic talents through a variety of projects.  Such projects include but are not limited to:  Homecoming decorations, murals, seasonal decorations, and preparing art exhibits.  Occasional field trips are planned to art museums and other points of interest.

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Chess Club

Advisor:  Mr. Thomas Whitcomb & Mr. Nicholas T. Gresh

Membership:  Membership is open to any student in grades 7-12.

Purpose:  The purpose of the chess club is to provide an opportunity for students interested in chess to improve their chess skills to compete in a club tournament. 

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FFA (Future Farmers of America)

Advisor: 

Membership:  Membership is open to students in grades 7-12.  To be eligible for active membership in a chartered FFA chapter, a student must be enrolled in a secondary agricultural program/education.

Purpose: The FFA is a national organization of students enrolled in Agricultural in 50 states.  Organized in November 1928, the FFA is an integral part of the curriculum of agricultural education departments.  All students in these programs are to receive instruction in personal leadership growth and development which can best be achieved through FFA.

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Jr. High Environmental Club

Advisor:  Ms. Judy Shomo

Membership:  Membership is open to students in 7th and 8th grades, but due to the amount of work involved with recycling and other activities this club participates in, members are required to sign a pledge letter along with a parent's signature.  Therefore, if a member does not meet the responsibilities addressed on the pledge letter he or she can be dismissed from the club.

Purpose:  Main purpose is to promote the environment which we do mostly through our recycling program that hopefully helps to save so many trees annually.  Our club places collecting bins in about 25 different rooms throughout the building.  Then every other morning members go around and collect the paper from these bins.  Now the real work begins, all the staples must be removed plus all the paper must be separated into different categories before it will be accepted at the recycling center.  Last year we recycle close to 2 ton of paper.  As a club we also collect and recycle the soda cans that are disposed of by the students.  In the springtime we work in conjunction with the Indiana Co. Forester to improve the wildlife habitat up on Dishong Mountain.  Also we work with officials from Yellow Creek State Park and the Laurel Highland Trail to help them maintain a sound environment for their many visitors.  One other important activity we have done yearly is to try to get the elementary students aware of the environment so we hold a coloring contest in which the winners receive environmental t-shirts.  Always looking for new ideas.

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Library Club

Advisor:  Mrs. Lorraine Allman

Membership:  The High School Library Club is a community-service based organization open to all students in grades 7-12.

Purpose:  Highlights of the club include creating and giving Easter baskets to local nursing home residents and sponsoring food and toy drives for nearby charities.  The club also takes numerous field trips throughout the year.  Unlike its elementary counterpart, the High School Library Club does not assist the librarian with various tasks; the librarian only sponsors it.

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Modern Language Club

Advisor:  Mrs. Elayne Busovicki, Spanish

Membership:  Membership is open to students in grades 9-12 who are enrolled in a foreign language course for either a semester of the school year, or those exceptionally interested students who have completed two (2) courses of foreign language study. 

Purpose:  To provide an informal social experience in which students can exercise their language skills, enhance their knowledge of foreign cultures, and help promote foreign language awareness within the school.  In-school meetings may expose students to videos, music, crafts, foods, holidays or historical or celebrations, or guest speakers.  Outside of the school setting, members may attend concerts or dramatic performances, experience cultural expositions, art or international cuisine, and compete in the annual foreign language academic competition sponsored by high school and college instructors.

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National Honor Society

Advisor:  Mrs. Jody Conrad 

Membership:  Membership in the National Honor Society is based on excellence in four areas:  Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character.  Each category is judged independently.  To be eligible for membership, the candidate must be a member of the eleventh or twelfth grade and have attended United for at least one semester.  A student must have a cumulative scholastic average of at least 95% in all subjects, beginning with ninth grade.  No student is inducted simply because of high academic average.  It is more important for a student to excel in areas of leadership, to demonstrate service to the school and community, and to demonstrate positive character traits.  Membership is not guaranteed to anyone.  The final decision for membership is made by the faculty council.  After students become members of the Honor Society, they are reviewed periodically by the faculty and must maintain the high standards of the Society.  Active members in the Honor Society are required to maintain a minimum 90% scholastic average and live up to the character, leadership, and service ideals of the National Honor Society.

Purpose:  The purpose of this organization shall be to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to develop character in the students of secondary schools.

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S.A.D.D.

Advisor:  Mrs. Rita Stahura

Membership:  Membership is open to students in grades 7-12. 

Purpose:  Students Against Driving Drunk is an organization whose purpose is to alert high school students to the dangers of drinking and driving.  The goals of SADD are to eliminate drunk driving to help save lives and to conduct alcohol awareness programs.  SADD sponsors Red Ribbon week in October and SADD Awareness Week in April.  Currently, the chapter is in the process of changing the name to Students Against Destruction Decisions, putting more emphasis on helping teenagers make good choices in their lives.

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Senior High Student Council

Advisor:  Mrs. Molly Flanagan

Membership:  Membership is open to students in grades 9-12. 

Purpose:  Student Council is a student run organization that promotes school spirit and student leadership.  We provide a forum for students to discuss school issues and problems.  We sponsor homecoming, adopt-a-highway, dances, and the lock-in.  We also provide motivational assemblies for the school where we bring in nationally known speakers from across the United States and Canada.  We are very active in PASC (Pennsylvania Association of Student Councils).  We attend several PASC conferences each year and have been a District 2 host in 1996 and 2000.  During these conferences we hosted over 500 students from 7 different counties for a day long leadership conference.  The PASC web site is http://www.pasc.com/. 

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Ski Club

Advisors: Jerry Matava 

Membership:  Membership is open to students in grades 7-12. 

Purpose:  The Ski Club was organized during the 1962-63 school year.  Its purpose remains the same:  to introduce United students to skiing.  It has made skiing and ski lessons available to approximately 150-200 students each year.  For many it has remained a lifetime sport.

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Tri-M Music Honor Society

Advisor: - Mrs. Acey Gongaware

Membership:  Grades 8-12 students who meet the below criteria 

Purpose:  Modern Music Masters (Tri-M) is an honorary organization that recognizes excellence in the field of music as well as academics.  Students are nominated for membership by their peers and their teachers.  Membership is extended to students in grades 8-12.  A student who wants to be in this honorary must be involved with either the band or chorus at school.  They must also carry a 90% average in all of their classes with the exception of their music classes.  In their music classes they must carry a 93% or better.  Each member must fulfill a performance requirement in order to be inducted into the society.

Tri-M is a nationally recognized honorary.  Our chapter here at United was the first of it's kind in Indiana County.  In addition to our support of the music program here at the school, Tri-M also participates in community service projects.

Students wishing to be nominated should contact Mrs. Gongaware or Mr. Auvil.  Individuals wishing to contact the group for possible programs or service projects can reach Mrs. Gongaware or Mr. Auvil at the high school.

The motto of the society is, "Service through Music."

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United Quiz Bowl

Advisor: Mrs. Elayne Busovicki

Moderator:  Mr. John Dunn

Membership:  Membership is open to students in grades 9-12, subject to availability of team roster openings. Students are assigned to teams for in-school Spring matches. 

Purpose:  To recognize and reward academic excellence in a challenging, competitive, entertaining atmosphere.  Top students from qualifying matches create the traveling team to compete at ICAL schools in the following Fall semester.  Champion teams are awarded trophies.  A select group of five students have been included in the televised Penn State Scholastic Scrimmage games on WPXS Television.

Club List and Scheduled Activities List

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