Clubs and Activities

Art Club is open to all students who may be interested in creating extra Art after school. Art Club meets after school until 5pm. Students may create drawings, paintings, sculpture, splatter art, and even paper-craft art.

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Sponsor: Mr. Corey Rauh - rauh_corey@dublinschools.net

Welcome to Board Game Club! We offer students a chance to unplug and interact face to face in a friendly and inclusive environment. Students will meet weekly to learn and play board games. This club is for anyone who wants to play, whether you have never played a game before or are an avid board game player! It will evolve with how the members want to play. We can play abstract games like Chess or Go, or Family Classics like Clue, Connect 4, Uno or Battleship. Also, role-playing games like D&D or Lord of the Rings, or Collectible Card Games like Magic or Pokemon. Also, we will learn newer games that focus on cooperation, deduction, dexterity or decision-making skills. All grade levels are welcome.

Battle of the Books is a fun club where readers gather and compete. Students in grades 6 to 8 create teams consisting of three to four members. Each team reads a set of twenty books and participates in a question-based "battle" about the books. During these battles, participants race to be the first to answer the questions. The winners of the school competition move on to the district-wide competition.

Drama Club is open to students in all grades. Students can participate as an actor in the musical or join the tech crew. Musical auditions are held before Thanksgiving and the performances run until the third week of February.

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Every year, Sells participates in the Geography Bee. We have a preliminary competition in January to determine the top ten scores at Sells. We conduct a school-wide bee to determine our school champion. The champion will participate in an online test to qualify for the state-level bee. All grades can participate.

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Sponsor: Mr. Tom McCauley - mccauley_tom@dublinschools.net

Jazz Band meets on Wednesday mornings from 7:45-8:15am (use parent drop-off: Door 12), and is open to all 7 & 8 grade band members. Guitarists may audition to join by emailing Mrs. Reeves. First meeting: SEP 13.

Grades: 7, 8

Sponsor: Mrs. Wendy Reeves - reeves_wendy@dublinschools.net

If you are an eighth grade student looking for a club where you can make a difference in the lives of others and in your own, you belong in Jr. Key Club.  This group will participate in community service activities, which may include: playing BINGO with residents at Friendship Village, making blankets and collecting socks for the homeless, sponsoring a food drive for the Dublin Food Pantry,  community clean-ups, and more! Meeting places and times will vary depending on each activity.

Grade 8

Sponsor: Ms. Heather DeWees - dewees_heather@dublinschools.net

At Sells Middle School, Junior Teen Institute is a student-led organization that provides students with opportunities to develop their leadership skills while being confident in their decision to be drug-free, bully-free, and kind to others. Students who join JTI have the desire to lead a drug-free, bully-free life. They will support others who are making the same positive choices and encourage their peers to make healthy decisions. Junior Teen Institute implements alcohol and other drug prevention projects to clearly promote a “no use” message, and provides opportunities throughout the year for students to have fun without alcohol, tobacco, and drugs.  JTI meets on the first Thursday of each month, and is open to all students grades 6 to 8.

Sponsors: Mrs. Shrader and Mrs. Lanka

MathCounts is an extracurricular group designed to increase interest and involvement in mathematics among all middle school students. MathCounts Foundation administers a nationwide math competition program. The school coaching/practice season begins in October. The competition season begins in January with the All Dublin Contest (every student who is a part of MathCounts can participate). The top students are then selected to represent Sells at the Regional Competition in February. Students may then qualify for the State Competition, typically in early March. The top four students at the state competition earn the right to represent Ohio at the National Competition.

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Sponsor: Mrs. Bissell

Sponsor: bissell_erin@dublinschools.net

National History Day Club is part of the largest history competition in the nation. NHD encourages more than half a million students around the globe to conduct historical research on a topic of their choice. Students enter these projects at local and affiliate levels, with top students advancing to the National Contest at the University of Maryland.

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Sponsors:

Ms. Kathy Chitwood - chitwood_kathy@dublinschools.net

Ms. Kristen Bennett - bennett_kristen@dublinschools.net

Students who participate on the News Team are responsible for compiling, editing, and sharing announcements with the students and staff at Sells Middle School during Home Base. In order to participate, students must be able to arrive at school at 7:45am each morning to collect, write, edit, and prepare the news for the school. An application process will take place during the first few weeks of the school year, in order to choose the members of the News Team.

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Sponsor: Ryan Sebastian - sebastian_ryan@dublinschools.net

Power of the Pen is a creative writing club, where narrative writing skills are reinforced and practiced in a casual setting. The club is open to all students. Students meet after school from 3:15-4pm, every other Wednesday. During meetings, there is a short mini-lesson that gives students a daily focus, substantial writing time, and then a volunteer share at the end.

For 7 & 8 Grade students, there is the option to compete with writers from other districts. Try-outs for the competition team are required; six (6) writers from each grade level are chosen. The competition team meets from 4-4:30pm, every other Wednesday, following the club meeting. Writers on the Competition Team could compete anywhere between one to three times throughout the year. Competitions occur on Saturdays, so there is travel and extra cost involved.

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Sells Connections is a club of students with and without special needs who get together during lunch to make connections with others through lessons on friendship, conversation and fun activities.

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Sponsor: Ms. Joanna Begley - begley_joanna@dublinschools.net

Students can participate in the Peer Buddies mentor program.

Sponsor: Mrs. Megan Tucker - tucker_megan@dublinschools.net

Ski Club welcomes all levels of skiers and snowboarders to join us on six (6) after-school trips to Mad River Mountain. The chartered bus trips begin in January and are planned through February, with make-up trips as needed. We leave Sells around 3:25pm and arrive back around 9:30pm. Come join us for lots of snowy fun!

Visit the Ski Club website by clicking here.

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Sponsor: Mr. Shaun Rice - rice_shaun@dublinschools.net

Yearbook Club members are responsible for taking pictures of both school-day and after-school events for use in the Sells Middle School yearbook. Events to photograph include sports during all seasons, after-school clubs, lunchtimes, general school day activities, and many others. Students can use their own cameras, or cameras provided by the Yearbook Club. An application process will take place during the first few weeks of school.

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Sponsor: Ryan Sebastian - sebastian_ryan@dublinschools.net