Diversity club is a club offered here at AHS that focuses on inclusion and giving everyone a safe space to feel welcome in. The members of this club are a consistent majority of seniors with roughly 78% of their student body being seniors.
With the seniors graduating in the near month the questions of what will happen to the diversity club and will they still be able to participate as a school club. Mayra Cruz is the junior who is supposed to step up and lead the club along with teacher advisor Mr Guerrero.
“We’re planning to cater more to like the freshmen that are coming up this year. We were at the future freshman night, so I think that there were some people that might have been interested in that,” said Mayra Cruz (11).
Catering for the incoming freshman is one way that the club is trying to get their name out there, but also trying to let everyone know what their club stands for.
“The goal is to basically represent like a lot of like demographics that are usually not represented in this school because there is very little like minorities here,” Started Adolfo Jimenez Perez (12) “So I guess that’s like a great way to like allow for a safe space and for them to be heard.”
Determining what is going to happen when all of the seniors graduate isn’t only up to the student body and the advisor of the club, Mr Guerrero also has a say.
“Well we have a few great juniors that will take over and continue with our events and meetings,” said Club advisor Mr Guerrero, “we will do some summer recruitment, during Eagle days try to make our presence known and do some lunch time sign-ups at the beginning of the school year.”
Some people join clubs for different reasons, to feel included, have fun, and maybe to feel represented. Perez lets us know how the diversity club affected his personal high school experience.
“I’ve been able to connect with new people through that club since I joined my sophomore year, and it’s been one of the ones where I’ve been able to meet the most people and get more involved in the school body,” Said Perez.
Students can go through hard things throughout the year, feeling that they don’t have a say, unincluded and disengaged. All of these things can lead you to the diversity club.
