ACADEMIC CLUBS

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Biotechnology is an up-and-coming field of science using life systems to improve our everyday life, such as using bacteria to filter drinking water. This club conducts biotech experiments and discusses the latest research to bring college-level information and experiences to high school students.  We learn about different aspects of Biotech in a fun way, and compete in a UC Berkeley biomedical engineering competition in the spring! We meet in G1 on Wednesdays, once a month.

 The Chemistry Club is a place where students come together to explore chemistry through hands-on experiments and friendly competitions. We conduct experiments to understand how different chemicals interact and test our skills in various chemistry challenges. It’s a great way to dive deeper into the subject, work on interesting projects, and see how we measure up against other schools in competitions. We will send emails on the days we have meetings. This is a chill and interactive club!  Meets every other Wednesday during lunch.

 Members will examine a case and evaluate it from both the defense and prosecution points of view. The team is given a case packet with witness statements, exhibits, and other information on which to build a case. Members will assume the roles of trial attorneys, pretrial motion attorneys, witnesses, clerks, bailiffs, and understudies. We meet 1-3 times a week, with scrimmages throughout the season and the main trials in February.  Meets on Mondays after school and occasionally in academy in F4 or F2.

 Model United Nations is a club in which students get to simulate what it's like working in the real United Nations by solving current real world problems and working together with other countries. MUN helps to develop public speaking, debating and research skills, leadership, and allows students to meet and work with people from schools across the Bay Area. We meet every Thursday at lunch in D8.  

 PEC's mission is to promote genuine interest in STEM fields by exploring the surprising physics principles and incredible engineering innovations that run our everyday lives. If you're curious about how things work, this club is for you! We host hands-on experiments like building speakers and radios, fun weekly puzzles on our Discord, and engineering case studies on everything from space launches to instrument design. We've also brought the F=ma Physics Olympiad and PhysicsBowl Contest to Campo, so participating in these prestigious competitions is easy. In the past few years, we've had national olympiad finalists, science fair champions, and won 1st place nationwide in NASA's Drop Tower Challenge! We meet every Tuesday in Mr. Berns's room (D11). Join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/58rjqy6mAK. All levels of math/physics knowledge are welcome; passion is what connects us! 

 The Campo Sports Analytics Club uses sports as a way to learn about data science, statistics, and of course, sports analytics. We will work on sports analytics projects, some of which we enter into competitions, and we host guest speakers from industry and college clubs. Additionally, we engage in community outreach to promote learning through sports. Meets on the first Wednesday of every month during lunch.

 Campolindo’s Academic Decathlon team is an extracurricular student group created with the purpose of fostering a lifelong curiosity and love for learning through exploring a variety of subjects and then competing against schools nationwide in official Academic Decathlon tournaments. Our decathletes spend the entire year studying seven subjects (Art, Economics, Science, Social Science, Literature, Math, and Music) on a general theme and then competing with other schools on their knowledge of the studied information. They additionally compete in categories of Essay, Speech, and Interview, where they exercise their public speaking skills and essay-writing abilities. At official Aca Deca tournaments, the school team with the most points wins and moves on to the next level of competition. Decathletes also have the opportunity to win medals for themselves, which are awarded for individual achievement in specific subjects or for overall excellence.  Meets every Monday and Wednesday after school in M3.