The Seton Keough High School

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Self-Discovery: Music and Fine Arts, Clubs, and
Extra Curricular Activities

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Music and Fine Arts
Continuing its mission to welcome and embrace students of diverse talents, Seton Keough has an excellent Fine Arts program. Whether your interest is playing a musical instrument, singing, or art—painting, drawing, design, photography, or sculpture— Seton Keough has introductory, advanced, and AP classes to inspire you. Seton Keough students each year are named Maryland Distinguished Scholars based on their participation in its Fine Arts program.

Music at Seton Keough is an academic subject. Students progress more rapidly and achieve excellence by having music education and lessons every day. The Seton Keough concert band is the largest and most commended all-girls band in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The A Cappella and Concert choirs were asked to perform with the National Philharmonic at Strathmore Hall in Bethesda, Md. the last two years. The choirs were selected based on years of Superior Ratings. Seton Keough offers Honors Music Theory for students interested in pursing music as a major in college. Unique to Seton Keough, the music department officers Applied Piano and Applied Voice, which allows students to take individual lessons.

The art department offers classes from basic drawing and design to advanced photography, advanced ceramics, and honors and AP Fine Arts Studio for students who wish to study art in college. The art department has two large studios with a kiln for ceramics and a photo lab. Under the English department, students can take a class in publication design that prepares and produces the school yearbook The Phoenix.

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Clubs and Activities
In any given school year Seton Keough has 20 to 30 clubs based on student interest. Clubs such as the book club, environmental club, games club, student council, and It’s Academic appeal to a wide variety of interests. SALT (Serving and Leading by Teens), Vincentian Youth Outreach Club, and Campus Ministry provide students with leadership and community service opportunities. The school schedule is structured so that clubs meet during class time every other week ensuring that every student has an opportunity to become involved in the school.

The Seton Keough Theatre Department has a superior reputation in the Baltimore area for its drama and musical productions. Each year the Theater Department offers three productions: a musical, a drama, and a variety show. Under the umbrella of the Theater Department students can tryout for the dance troupe, which choreographs and performs in the musical and variety shows, or join the stage club crew building sets and coordinating the sound and lights for each production. Seton Keough is a member of a regional theater club made up of area Catholic high schools, which is working to coordinate theater schedules of area schools and provide more theatrical opportunities for more students.

Clubs for the 2007-08 Academic Year

Athletic Association	Responsible for organizing Pep Rallies, Spirit Weeks, Homecoming Festival and all Year Day activities.
Book Club	Read and discuss books
Comedy Club	Study the developement of comedy in America by looking at early film and radio
Creative Writing	Compose short stories, poems and other literary works for submission to the Literary Magazine and Newspaper.
Cultural Awareness	Open discussions about racial issues and current events. Hold fundraisers such as "Change for Change".
Cyberbridges	Connect with high school students in Palestine via the internet.
Drama Club	Work on various elements of theater, including stage crew.
Environmental Club	Increase awareness of environmental issues affecting SK such as organizing our recycling program
Faith Sharing	Reflect on and share about the scripture readings for the upcoming Sunday.
Games Club	Relieve stress by playing board games
Green Thumb Gators	Cultivate ornamental plants and grow a campus vegetable garden using sustainable organic methods.
Handcrafts	Learn how to knit, crochet and cross-stich. This year's project is making prayer shawls for cancer patients.
Investment Club	Review investment styles, screening criteria to use when selecting a stock to buy, and monitoring
It's Academic	If you like trivia and competion, this club is for you! Involves travelling to other schools for competitions.
Jazz Band	Only students in band may sign up for this club since you must have working knowledge of a musical instrument.
Key Club	Service oriented club that teaches leadership through serving others in the school and local communities.
Life Lessons	Learn how to balance a check book, change a tire and other practicial skills to help you in life.
Literary Magazine	Help with the production of The Odyssey- SK's literary magazine that includes artwork, poetry and photography.
Liturgical Movement & Dance	Come and make a difference in Liturgial worship through & Dance movement and dance.
Pep Squad	Learn step routines so you can perform at pep rallies and other school events.
Political Debate	Debate about various political issues and participate in forensic competitions
Pro Life Club	Raise awareness on campus about pro-life issues and attend the Pro Life March and Rally in January
RECOM	Enhance your RElationship and COMmunication skills through role-playing activities and group discussions.
Scrabpooking & Rubber Stamping	Using your photos and scrapbooks, create pages using rubber Rubber Stamping stamps and other embellishments. Fee of $10 required.
Spanish Karaoke	Improve your Spanish while singing along to artists like Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, Marc Anthony, and more
Splash of Fashion	Work on your own designs and fashions.
Student Council	Must be elected to an office-eletions are held each April.
Study Hall	Use club time to get homework done or study for upcoming tests.
Tri-M	Music honor society, by invitation only
Video Club	Make videos on SK topics and show them to the school via Channel One.
Vincentian Youth	Volunteer time to work with elderly & underpriviliged in our community at Caritas House and My Brother's Keeper.
Worship Team	Join a core group of students interested in serving as lectors musicians, etc.for ministering at our liturgies & prayer service

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Seton Keough Athletics (For more Information about Athletics visit the Athletic portion of the Seton Keough Web site)
Seton Keough’s athletic tradition is built on the principal of providing opportunities for a diverse population of students to become involved in sports, learn teamwork and leadership skills, and achieve their best. Yet despite this humble goal, Seton Keough and its founding schools have been a dominant force in high school athletics in the Baltimore area for decades. Seton Keough has 18 competitive teams in 12 sports. In the past several years, Seton Keough’s athletic teams have been at the top of the rankings in basketball, lacrosse, cross country, indoor and outdoor track, and softball. The Athletic Director and Assistant Athletic Director were both named All-City Coaches-of-the-Year by the Baltimore Sun during the 2005-2006 school year.

Seton Keough’s student-athletes are consistently named to All-City and All-Metro teams and to the IAAM All-Star teams. However, in order to have a premier athletic program, academics must come first. All Seton Keough athletes must maintain their academic eligibility to participate in sports. Because of Seton Keough’s stringent standards, its student-athletes are also honored as Academic All-Americans and Heisman Trophy state finalists for the best student-athlete in the state of Maryland.

At the end of each school year, Seton Keough honors its student-athletes. All the achievements from the year are highlighted including the students who received athletic scholarships to college. But the highest honors go to the students who have demonstrated self-less leadership, team spirit, dedication to the school, and academic achievement. In athletics, as in all things at Seton Keough, students are challenged to become women of honor.

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