On September 13, Townsend Harris held its annual club fair to introduce the school’s 2024-2025 extracurricular offerings.
This year, 13 new clubs were introduced at the club fair. According to the SU, the newly accepted clubs were the Neurodiversity Club, Girls Who Code Club, Hindu Student Association, THHS YMA, 4-H THHS, Pre-Veterinary Society, Card Club, The THHS Public Forum Debate Team, Hawks Envirothon, Hack Club, Spirit Squad, Student Sikh Association, and the Psychology Club.
Freshman Kanishka Ezhilarasan said, “I chose to attend the club fair because I heard Townsend had over 90 clubs and I really wanted to see what types of clubs there were.”
Though freshmen often predominantly take part in the club fair, the crowds on Friday included students from all grades. Junior Alina Bhuyan said, “…even though I’m already committed to a few clubs, it’s still fun to look around and see new clubs with my friends.”
Many clubs used candy and snacks to attract students towards their booth.
Sophomore Meiko Liu, a member and representative for the Women in STEM Club said, “we […] tried to market our club by telling them about [the] fun activities we do so they would be more inclined to join.”
According to senior Angel Rahman, students look for opportunities of growth and overall interest when they search for clubs. “For my Club CWA […] we made sure to highlight all the things we do and what they can gain from joining, especially […]the fact that our board members are all seniors so, [members] have a really big chance of being a board member in the following years,” Angel said.
However, some students had issues with the sheer amount of people present.
Junior Alina Bhuyan said, “the Club Fair does get crowded really easily and it’s kind of hard to join or talk to club members when there’s so many people.”
Club Liaison Elvis Chan said, “…the organization and communication definitely need improvement. Many people were confused about where to go and the tables weren’t set up as planned, but eventually, we acted upon the mistake and fixed it.”
Nonetheless, the fair led to numerous students joining a series of extracurricular activities.
“Overall, [we] had an extraordinary club fair, as usual,” said Elvis.
