clubs and Extracurriculars
Pursuing Interests and Passions
With offerings that focus on creative expression, social activism, student government, and STEAM, Hewitt's clubs and extracurriculars offer a variety of opportunities for girls to pursue their interests and passions. With the support of a faculty advisor, students spend time with other girls around a shared interest or commitment as they cultivate their leadership skills and collaborative abilities. Some clubs change annually depending on student interest, allowing for an ever-expanding roster of possibilities.
In Middle School
Middle school clubs are open to all students in grades 5 through 8. With the support of a middle school advisor, students have an opportunity to spend time with other girls around a shared interest or commitment.
Middle school club offerings include:
- Student Council: Students who want to make a commitment to learning about community leadership serve on Student Council in a range of roles, some elected and some by application.
- Sustainability Team: Students lead our school-wide recycling programs and participate in service projects beyond our campus in Central Park, with the New York City Parks Department, and through the Billion Oyster Project.
- Hewitt Robotics: As they compete in the VEX IQ robotics program, students learn a wide range of critical real-world skills including computer programming, problem solving, iteration, collaboration, and teamwork.
- Math Olympiad: Students practice creative and flexible thinking and develop new problem-solving strategies as they complete individual and team math challenges.
- Enterprise Arts and Literary Magazine: Students learn how to develop a theme, solicit submissions, produce a layout, contribute their own artwork and writing pieces, and ultimately publish a magazine.
In Upper School
All upper school clubs are student-led with the support of a faculty advisor, and all publications have a full student editorial staff. Advisors work with students to plan their time effectively and guide students in curating meaningful and substantive engagement with the things that matter to them. Thus, our co-curricular programs emphasize the depth of a commitment over time as opposed to a superficial list of activities.
Upper school club offerings include:
- Animal Advocacy Awareness Committee
- Arnod Art Club
- Black Student Union
- Book Club
- Business Club
- CAFE: Cultural Awareness For Everyone
- Crosswords and Other Puzzles
- Current Events Club
- Debate Club
- DECA
- Drone Club
- Earth Committee
- Film Club
- Girls Who Code
- Hawks TV
- Hewitt Zine Club
- Interior Design Club
- International Thespian Society
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Student of the Year Campaign
- Math Olympiad
- Medicine Club
- Mental Health Awareness Club
- Model United Nations (UN) Club
- News Decoder
- Peer Tutoring
- Renaissance Consort
- Science Olympiad
- Social Impact Investors
- Student Council
- Student Service Board
- The Argosy Yearbook
- The Hewitt Times
- Student Ambassador Program
- Venturer Literary Magazine
- Women's Healthcare and Education
- Young Women's Cooperative (YWC)