Student-led Clubs at CGA

Hanae Tsunokawa|April 7, 2023

Crimson Global Academy (CGA) is known for having an amazing academic program and great support. Despite being a fully online school, it has many clubs led and organised entirely by students at CGA. Joining these clubs will engage your social skills and will help you upgrade your CVs.

Here’s a short description of each club. Feel free to contact the leaders or join the clubs on Slack if you are a CGA student, and are interested in joining these clubs.

I will be covering the following:

Art Club
Piece of Peace
Reading Club
E-sport Club
Ted-Ed Club
Culture Club
Spanish Conversation Club
LEGO Club
Photography Club
Translation Club
CGA Press
Composition Club
Mock Trial Club
Aoraki Study Club
Debate Club

Art Club

President: Hanae Tsunokawa

Activities:

Monthly submissions
A general monthly submission (compulsory)
A traditional monthly submission (optional)
A digital monthly submission (optional)
CGA Art Competitions

Requirements:

Passion for art
Being able to contribute and engage in club activities

Why would you join?

To get critiques from other students
To develop your art skills
To interact with other artists
To promote your work

How to join:

Follow the “Join Us” instructions on the club website linked below

Slack: Hanae Tsunokawa/email: hanae.tsunokawa@student.cga.school

Website, SNS:

Website: https://cgaartclub2022.wixsite.com/cga-art-club

Instagram: cga.art_club

Youtube: CGA Art Club

Piece of Peace (pop-up)

President: Sara Hamaguchi

Activities:

Plan and hold an event involving students and teachers at CGA regarding the theme of ‘world peace’
Create a slideshow presentation/poster about different cultures to be presented at assemblies

Requirements:

Interest in SDGs
Passion for world peace
Interest in peace

Why would you join?

To discuss and debate to get a deeper understanding of peace

How to join:

Slack: Sara Hamaguchi/email: sara.hamaguchi@student.cga.school

Reading Club

President: Andy Liao

Activities:

Meetings every Saturday from 12:00 pm-12:40 pm (UTC), where discussions about a chosen book of the week take place

Requirements:

Passion for reading

Why would you join?

To develop your analysing skills
To get a better understanding of a certain book/subject/literature

How to join:

Email: andy.liao@student.cga.school

E-sports Club

President: Yaman Altorah

Activities:

Game nights every Saturday (7 pm AUT/9 pm NZT)
Discussions with other members in the discord server

Requirements:

Why would you join?

To relieve your stress from school/exams
To get the chance to be able to enter their official E-sports team

How to join:

Slack: Yaman Altorah/join the #esport Slack channel

Ted-Ed Club

President: Elizaveta Frolkova

Activities:

Learning theory and practising core public speaking skills
Independent work, research and/or scriptwriting
Goal: to organise the online TEDxYouth conference

Requirements:

Why would you join?

To discover your passion for public speaking
To gain confidence in your ideas
To improve your public speaking
To learn to apply critical thinking
To join a community of idea-driven teens
To create a real TED talk
To be given a chance to share your idea on the TED-Ed Student Talks Youtube channel

How to join:

Slack: Elizaveta Frolkova/email: elizaveta.frolkova@student.cga.school

Culture Club

President: Athalia Oliver

Activities:

Meetings on Friday’s 8 pm NZST/6 pm AEST once every fortnight looking at a new culture
Learning and exploring different countries/languages
Learning about different cultures

Why would you join?

To gain more knowledge about cultures around the world
To interact with other students in different countries across the world
To teach your culture/traditions to other students

How to join:

Complete this registration form
Slack: Athalia Oliver/email: athalia.oliver@student.cga.school

Spanish Conversation Club

President: Alisa Miroliubova

Activities:

Interaction with members in Spanish
Discussions/debates about social topics in Spanish

Requirements:

CEFR level: over B1 in Spanish

Why would you join?

To develop your Spanish-speaking skills
To relieve your stress/relax by speaking in your comfortable language
To interact with other students at CGA
To gain a better understanding of social topics such as ecology, pollution, and science

How to join:

Slack: Alisa Mirolibova/email: alisa.miroliubova@gmail.com

LEGO Club

Presidents: Oscar Good, Leilani Oliver

Activities:

Sharing your unique lego creations with other students
Getting feedback from others to develop your lego building skills
Meetings every fortnight

Requirements:

Why would you join?

To advance your lego skills by getting feedback from others
To promote your original creations
To have fun interactions with other lego lovers

How to join:

Slack: Oscar Good or Leilani Oliver/join #brickmasters-lego-club

Photography Club

Activities:

A weekly submission under the theme chosen by the members
- → each week, a winner will be chosen

Why would you join?

To achieve and unlock the CGA badge: Shutterbug badge
To develop your skills in photography and photo-editing

How to join:

Slack: Milan Lubbe/email: milan.lubbe@student.cga.school/join #cga-photography

Translation Club

President: Hanae Tsunokawa

Activities:

Monthly/weekly theme
Translating a member’s choice of a poem, book, song, quote, saying…etc.
Sharing and evaluating the choice of words when translating

Requirements:

You DO NOT need to be fluent in 2+ languages
Interest in translating

Why would you join?

To develop your skills in translation
To share your favourite pieces written in other languages with others

How to join:

Slack: Hanae Tsunokawa/email: hanae.tsunokawa@student.cga.school

The CGA Press

President: Caitlin Cameron

Activities:

Publishing 3 articles a week
Announcing important school news
Introducing student highlights

Requirements:

Comfort with the English language
Good time management skills
No previous writing/journalism experience is required

Why would you join?

To develop your skills in article writing/journalism
To develop your skills in editing articles

How to join:

Complete this application form: https://forms.gle/RbiJT9R3iQZvArqQ7
Slack: Caitlin Cameron/email: caitlin.cameron@student.cga.school

Website:

https://thecgapress.cga.school/

Composition Club

President: Siena McKenzie-Smith

Activities:

Music discussions
Songwriting
Production and theory lessons
Song of the week competitions

Requirements:

You DO NOT need any prior music experience
Love of music
A positive, open-minded attitude

Why would you join?

To take a break from school and relax
To meet and have discussions with other music artists from around the world
To share and promote your original creations with others

How to join:

Fill out this form/Slack: Siena McKenzie-Smith

Mock Trial Club

President: Vivian Weng

Activities:

Weekly meetings: either led by the president/ secretary
- Focus on learning about the different aspects of mock trial
- Group activities, games, videos
Participate in at least one international mock trial competition

Requirement:

No technical requirements

Why join:

To practice your public speaking skills & debate skills
To be able to talk/ discuss about international topics
To develop an interest and skill to apply knowledge learned in the future

How to join:

Slack president: @Vivian Weng
Slack secretary: @Maryam El-af

Aoraki Study Club

President: Josie Blunt-Mackenzie

Activities:

Meet up every week on Friday at 6pm (NZST) for 30min
- Create study timetable
- Individually study while chatting to peers

Requirement:

Open to all subjects and year levels

Why join:

To learn about study tips
To ask questions and clarify any areas you are unclear of

How to join:

Join the club on Slack (#aoraki-study-club)
Slack: @Josie
Email: jbluntmac@student.cga.school

Debate Club

President: Lily Watanabe & Nandini Prabhakar

Activities:

Meeting
- Each session will feature various debate styles covering all aspects of a debate, allowing participants to explore diverse perspectives and enhance their critical thinking skills.

Requirement: