Clubs

	OSM Clubs
Art Club	The purpose of the art club is to encourage student interest in the visual arts. Students have a chance to participate in the annual Arts and Science festival. The Arts and Science festival includes displays of student art, art demos, musical, and step team performances along with a science fair. Community members and parents are invited to attend.
Bible Club	The Bible Club seeks to provide students with an opportunity to express their Christian faith and promote Christian values through song, scripture stories about Biblical characters, games, and crafts. Meetings are currently held on Tuesdays, twice a month.
Chess Club	The chess club teaches students strategies to help them become successful chess players as they compete with students from other middle schools in the area.
D.I.V.A.S. Ladies	Stay tuned for information on this exciting new club for 8th grade girls!
Drama Club	The Oscar Smith Middle School Drama Club, more commonly known a the Oscar Smith Middle School Players, strives to expose students to a variety of theatrical terminology and skills that they utilize during spring productions. The students also travel to local theaters to view musicals, comedies, dramas, and dinner theater productions. For membership the applicant must maintain a 2.0 grade average and have a willingness to learn and experience new things. The Drama Club welcomes any sixth, seventh, and eighth graders who fits the description.
Gents	The GENTS Club improves the personal, social, and academic potential of adolescent boys through teambuilding activities and media resources. They are exposed to jobs and careers of interest, highlighting the education requirements and potential earnings for each.
Girl Power	Would you like for your daughter to: - recognize and avoid harmful and risky behaviors? - learn strategies for stress management? - learn and develop habits that promote school success? - develop positive interpersonal relationships? These are some of the many goals of GIRL POWER, an organization for sixth-grade girls at Oscar Smith Middle School. Students will meet with teacher mentors and Mrs. Sheilah Gresham of the Chesapeake Community Services Board on two Tuesdays out of the month.
Pink Ladies	Pink Ladies is a club for seventh grade girls that emphasizes girls demonstrating dignity and pride in themselves. The mission of the Pink Ladies Club is to provide fun activities that will help young girls develop a positive self image. They will learn to respect themselves, their peers, as well as exhibit respect for the community.
SCA	The SCA (Student Council Association) is a student organization dedicated to the development of leadership skills, diplomacy, and community service. Representatives are elected by their homeroom peers. Officers are elected by the entire student body during a spring campaign. Selected students are encouraged to attend local and state leadership workshops. All students are urged to participate in school and community projects.
Sewing Club	The sewing club at Oscar Smith is run by Ms. Crudup and is open to 7th and 8th grade students that are not enrolled in Teen Living for the 2009-2010 school year. The students that are involved will learn the basics of sewing by hand and how to operate a sewing machine to construct a pillow.
Technology Club	The Technology Club is for any student who attends Oscar Smith Middle, but especially for students who do not take technology education. This club generally meets once a week from 3:15 to 4:00. Students should pay attention to morning announcements for definite meeting times. Students will make projects and other activities, and there is no fee for this club.
Tiger Book Club	The student book club meets after school the third Thursday of each month in the media center. Students select a type of book to read for the coming month and then gather to share their thoughts and recommendations on their choices. See Mrs. Mayfield if you are interested in joining. More information is on the Club page.
Tomorrow's Thunder	Tomorrow's Thunder is a highly successful character development program for students in grades 5 through 12. The main idea behind the Tomorrow's Thunder program is to use well-organized athletic competition as rewards and incentives for students. In order to participate in the program, students are required to strive for higher academic, behavioral, and personal standards.
Yearbook Club	To be in the yearbook club, students must formally apply and have teacher recommendations as well as parental permission. The members will take pictures, write captions, attend school events, and help plan the Oscar Smith Middle School yearbook.