Clubs
Clubs at Hawthorn are meant to form the characters and minds of students. Participating in a club leads to a well-rounded, open, optimistic, joyful, courageous, confident, and resilient student. In addition, participating in clubs develops knowledge, inspiration, and critical thought.
Programs
Art Club
Can’t find a place for Art in your timetable? No problem! With the Art Club, you can set your creativity free, exploring a variety of media such as fabric, coloured pencils, clay, and charcoal.
Baking Club
Follow, bake, share, and savour a variety of fun, school-friendly recipes while developing virtues of patience, attention to detail, initiative, and responsibility. Bon appétit!
Crafts Club
Throughout the year we’ll be sewing, 3-D graphing, bracelet- and necklace-making, creating stuffed animals to keep and to fundraise, and more. Be crafty with us!
Design/Tech Club
Receive and give art tutoring, influence school projects design, participate in a wall-painting project, create school cards, posters, and décor for special events, and gain volunteer hours. Join us to make a visible difference in our school environment!
Leaders of Tomorrow (LoT) 2.0
A Hawthorn volunteer outreach club, the LoT takes charge of many initiatives to address needs in our wider community, including compiling care packages for the homeless, organizing food drives, making and selling bracelets to fundraise, leading environment clean-up events, attending leadership classes, reading stories to LS/JS students, and supporting our liberal arts curriculum.
School Play
Every year, Upper School students put on an elaborate theatrical production supervised by a faculty member. (Pssst! This year it’s a musical!!) They fill all the roles and gain experience in writing, acting, directing, and backstage production. It’s a full-house, must-see event!
More Programs
Spanish Club
Come together to practice a beautiful language, learn about hispanic cultures, and share tasty snacks. Open the doors of your mind and your future to Spanish – olé!
Starbooks
Hawthorn’s US Book Club is all about promoting, reading, and discussing English texts of literary value. Expand your vocabulary, literary knowledge, and analytic abilities. Share insights and snacks, enriching your reading curriculum to learn and have fun!
Yearbook Club
Selected to reflect the many facets of Hawthorn life through this yearly publication, Yearbook Club students work closely with the Yearbook Class, a Gr.11-12 credit course. Whether it’s learning how to take a good photo, write a snappy article, or create a good page, we work together to continue the legacy of recording and sharing what makes Hawthorn special.
Veritas
Hawthorn’s school magazine publishes a Fall, Winter, and Spring issue every year. Discover your writing style and express your passion! Delve into creative writing, submit a book or movie review, break the news about a school activity, or express what’s on Hawthorn’s mind. Seize the opportunity to become a published author with us!