PA Virtual Student Clubs & Activities

Discover the growing array of opportunities and experiences available through Student Clubs and Activities offered by PA Virtual.

Virtual clubs for students provide children a way to get involved in our online community and explore new or favorite interests. Students that do not see a club or activity that matches their interests are encouraged to start their own!

We offer a variety of online clubs for Elementary, Middle, and High school students. The following is a list of active student clubs & activities at PA Virtual:

ACT/SAT Prep Club

The SAT/ACT Prep Club will help you prepare for optional SAT/ACT exams for the 2024-25 year! Together, we'll go over practice problems, explore concepts found on the exam, learn about each test's set up, practice study and test taking skills, learn how to interpret your scores, and much more! This club also works as a student support group for students taking these challenging exams. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays during the lunch period (11:05 - 11:50 am).

Acting Club

The Acting Club is a fun, safe, and collaborative space that engages students in various types of activities surrounding acting. Students have the opportunity to create different storylines, and scripts to perform with the club. Students will research and practice acting exercises, work on memorizing lines delivering them with expression, and contribute to the production of a final performance. The club meets every Monday at lunch from 11:05 to 11:30.

Animal Club

The Animal Club focuses mainly on pets, including pet care, types of pets, things to consider when choosing a pet, and other pet care topics. Students will have the opportunity to socialize with other students and share personal experiences owning and dreams of owning a pet. We will also venture into wild animals, including topics such as why you shouldn't capture and make a wild animal your pet or how to behave around animals in the wild. The purpose of the Animal Club is to provide students an opportunity to socialize with multi-aged students with similar interests regarding the care and safety for animals.

Art Club

The Art Club welcomes students in grades K-12 to make art projects and explore all different types of mediums: clay, paint, pastels, colored pencils, pencil drawing. This club focuses on expanding students' creativity and knowledge of art. The club goal is to let students be creative, express themselves, have fun, and learn about the process of making different art projects.

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BLAST Bible Club

BUILDING.LIVES.AROUND.SOUND.TRUTH. In this club, students have fun together and, more importantly, grow their relationships with each other by building foundations in their faith. Each meeting focuses on a lesson that students can apply to their daily lives that helps them be better friends and neighbors, and also builds their faith. Students also focus on becoming a more closely-knit school community that strengthens and supports its members. Regardless of one's belief or not, members of BLAST want everyone to feel welcomed to a community where they can openly discuss the benefits of strong foundations, based around God's love for everyone.

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Book Club

Embark on a literary journey with our book club! Immerse yourself in captivating discussions, engaging activities, and the joy of shared stories. From thought-provoking book talks to creative projects like designing your own book covers, our club is a haven for book enthusiasts. Join us twice a month on Fridays during lunch and connect with fellow readers, fostering friendships through a shared passion for literature. Elevate your reading experience, explore diverse genres, and become part of a community where every page turns into an adventure!

PA Virtual Chess Club

PA Virtual Chess Club was created to give students the opportunity to play chess and socialize. The club is open to students from grades 5-8 with any level chess playing ability. All students are welcome, from beginners to experts! The goals of the club are to develop students' self-confidence, mental focus, logic, discipline & analytical abilities, and to develop students' sportsmanship. Leaders and advisors will teach the rules, vocabulary, history, & culture of the world's oldest sport: chess.

Colorful Youth Club

The Colorful Youth After School club offers a safe space for young's minds to feel comfortable expressing themselves and relating to others so that they feel less alone. In this club we do things like have talk circles, game days, breakout rooms for different interests and much more. This student run club is open to grades 7-12! We will meet every other Tuesday.

Cooking Club

The PA Virtual Cooking Club was created to stimulate, foster and promote student interest in the culinary arts. It is the club's desire to teach different cooking techniques, explore the professional food service industry, and, most importantly, provide students with a fun and creative outlet while developing leadership and cooperation skills. Join and embark on a new culinary adventure, become a foodie, and make new friends. Along with fellow students, learn how to prepare a variety of dishes, pair foods, use utensils and measurements, understand recipes and basic vocabulary, utilize safe cooking methods, and explore what foods/recipes promote healthy living.

Craft Club

PA Virtual students will gather to share current projects, creations, and to learn how to make new crafts. All grades and all levels of crafters are welcome. The purpose of the Craft Club is to provide PA Virtual students with a creative, productive outlet to express themselves, meet other crafters, and develop life skills.

Fashion & Sewing Club

Step into the world of style and creativity with the PA Virtual Fashion and Sewing Club! This club is a vibrant space for students who love fashion design and sewing. From workshops to learn sewing, to exploring the latest fashion trends, our club offers a collaborative environment for designers. Engage in design challenges, work on exciting projects, and connect with guest speakers from the fashion industry. Whether you're a seasoned seamstress or a fashion enthusiast, join us as we stitch together creativity and celebrate the diverse world of fashion. Unleash your style and creativity — join the PA Virtual Fashion and Sewing Club. This collaborative space is open for designers in 9th-12th grade!

Meetings are the first Friday of every month, during lunch (11:00-11:45am)

Gaming Club

The Gaming Club is an opportunity for students to socialize and have fun together based on their hobby of playing video games. Students will have an opportunity to play multi-player games against each other, play single player games, and spend time discussing gaming strategies and preferences. The club also explores game design and creation by showing introductory coding and design skills that any student in the club can participate in. Games will be approved on an individual basis by the advisor.

Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Club

This is a student-run club which provides a safe place for students to meet, support each other, and talk about issues related to orientation, gender identity, and expression. The GSA club works to foster a more accepting environment for all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity through education, support, social action, and advocacy.

Fossil and Crystal Club

Fossil and Crystal club is a club that meets once every other week to connect members through their love of fossils and crystals. Fossil and Crystal club meets biweekly and teaches our members one fossil and one crystal per lesson, then they play fun games to review what they learned that day! Everyone is welcome to bond over their passion of fossils and crystals!

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Get Fit Club

The Get Fit Club is designed to help foster a love for physical activity for students in grades K-6. Students will be challenged with fun cardio and muscle-building activities for a quick get up and move activity. These sessions are designed to help students explore ways to stay healthy and active during the school year.

GLOBE

GLOBE is a worldwide science and education program where students can learn about the Earth and the environment, increase scientific understanding of the Earth and improve achievement in science and mathematics. Students observe and collect data from atmospheric elements and other parts of the Earth such as the biosphere and hydrosphere. This data collected is shared with other GLOBE members around the world, and GLOBE partners such as NASA! The research collected by student GLOBE members can aid in giving scientists a better understanding of the environment, exchanging of ideas and advancing science..

Good News Club

Good News Club is an exciting, fun-filled club geared towards students in grades K-6 that is held once a week after school. The K-6 Good News Club engages in dynamic Bible lessons, creative learning activities, fun games, meaningful songs, life-changing Bible memories, and making new friends.

Law and Trial Club

Do you enjoy watching television or movies that show the legal process? Are you thinking about pursuing a career in law? Do you want to gain experience with mock trial? This club will provide an opportunity to explore the legal system and current events that are impacting the legal field.

Journaling/Productivity Club

Dive into a world of self-discovery and enhanced productivity as we explore creative journaling, goal-setting, and effective time management. Whether you're a seasoned journal enthusiast or a beginner in productivity techniques, join us for interactive sessions, group discussions, and exciting challenges every other Wednesday during lunch break from 11:10 to 11:40. Unleash your potential, set goals, and make the most of your time with the PA Virtual Journaling/Productivity Club!

National Honor Society

The National Honor Society (NHS) is the nation's premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to recognize those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. NHS promotes scholarship and volunteerism. NHS will be facilitating a student tutoring and mentoring program and assisting with fundraising and charitable drives within the school.

National Junior Honor Society

The National Junior Honor Society chapter at Pennsylvania Virtual establishes rules for membership that are based upon a student’s outstanding performance in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, citizenship, and character. These five criteria for selection form the foundation upon which the organization and its activities are built. Students are accepted through an application process and must meet membership criteria outlined in the bylaws. The goals of the NJHS are designed to utilize and enhance the students' skills relating to scholarship, service, leadership, citizenship, and character.

Newspaper Club

Extra! Extra! Unleash Your Voice, Ignite the News: Join the Newspaper Club -- Ready to turn the spotlight on the happenings of our school? The Newspaper Club is recruiting all future journalists, storytellers, and creative minds to capture the moments that matter, and celebrate the talents and achievements of all that make our school extraordinary. Whether it's a groundbreaking event, a noteworthy accomplishment, or just the everyday triumphs of our classmates, we want YOU to be the storytellers. Newspaper Club is more than just a club; it's a platform to share, inspire, and connect. Let's turn our passions into printed pages and digital stories that echo the spirit of our student body.

Peer Leadership Club

This club is for students interested in welcoming new students to PA Virtual, influencing their peers in a positive way, and creating a connected school community through positive character and leadership activities. The purpose of the Peer Leadership Club is to promote school community, improve school culture, and create student connections.

Peer to Peer Club

This club is a safe space for all Middle School students (5-8th) to socialize with other students with no judgment. This will be a space for everyone. The group is planning to do fun activities and icebreakers. The club's purpose is to provide a nonjudgmental space to socialize with other students to build school connections.

Photography Club

The PA Virtual Photography Club is open to students in grades 7-12. Join and share your talents and develop new skills! Photographers of any skill level are welcome! The goals of the clubs are to develop and inspire new photography techniques and facilitate growth in student creativity.

Peace of Mind: Mental Health Awareness Club

The Mental Health Awareness Club is for students in grades 7-12 interested in raising awareness, changing perceptions, and breaking the stigma associated with mental health. The club works to get the word out about the importance of mental health and encourage an accepting, understanding, and educated atmosphere at PA Virtual through student-powered communication and activities.

Role Play Writers Club

In Role Play Writing, club members work together to create characters and write in a paragraph-style role play, writing from the perspectives of their individual characters to create a novel-length story over the school year. As the story advances, the club members discuss plot points, character interactions, world-building, themes, and so on — but improvisation is also important!

SAT/ACT Prep Club

Student Council

Student Council will consist of both Middle and High School students. The Student Council is run by the elected officers and class representatives. Members will focus on service learning projects, school spirit, and other school initiatives. In student council, students will have the opportunity to develop their leadership, planning, organizational, and social skills by planning and participating in events that contribute to the school (spirit) and community.

Virtual Voices

Virtual Voices is a singing group for all students at PA Virtual. Members learn songs and learn how to use recording software to create and arrange music. Students learn to use BandLab (recording/arranging program), learn about musical arrangement, tempo, vocal technique and, of course, socialize with other musicians. The club also holds regular sing-off competitions where students have the opportunity to perform in front of a virtual audience.

Wholesome Gamer Club

Welcome to the Wholesome Gamer Club, an inclusive gaming community welcoming students in grades 4-12. Rooted in Christian values, we invite passionate gamers to unite with us. At the Wholesome Gamer Club, our mission is to foster an environment where students can enjoy their favorite games while also strengthening community and their faith.

Writers Nook Club

The Writer’s Nook is a warm and friendly environment for student writers in grades 9-12 to share their own original writing, workshop writing in progress, and provide feedback for fellow writers during the writing workshops. The goals of this club are to encourage writers at all levels that they have a writing voice worth sharing, allow experienced student writers a chance to encourage newer writers, try out new types of writing, talk about writers that students know, and what they can take away from those writers’ styles.

Yearbook Club

The yearbook, PA Virtual Pride, is a student-run publication that tells the story of the school year in words and pictures. It’s a history book and a memory book, but it is also journalism laboratory that encourages students to learn through hands-on experience. The goals of the clubs are that students plan, design, write, edit, and take pictures during the production of the yearbook, which is inclusive of all in the senior class.

Young Muslims Club

The Young Muslims welcomes students in grades 9-12 to promote religious tolerance, education on Islam, bring together Muslim students, and create a safe and social environment for peers. The club discusses Quranic/Prophetic stories, lessons, and facilitates student-led discussions.