French Club

Students currently enrolled in a French class at Castle High School have the opportunity to participate in French Club. Also, anyone who has successfully completed one year or more of French study is eligible to join. Dues for the club are $3, and requirements for remaining a member include (1) helping with the club’s money-making project (selling candy and/ or Koeze’s nuts), (2) maintaining a passing grade in French class, and (3) earning a minimum of five club service points.

French Club also has an Honors Division with higher grade point and service requirements. Members of this receive certificates of award and are sometimes eligible to apply for an academic scholarship their senior year. Those with the highest French grades receive a purple senior honor cord to wear at graduation.

The club sponsors many community service projects, activities to promote French culture, and social activities to help members become better acquainted. The Warrick County Humane Society is supported by the club through volunteer service and donations. At Christmas the club adopts a local family and provides a variety of services and goods to the family during the holiday season. Members also donate to a local nursing home and go caroling there- in French, of course- at Christmas time.

Seniors who have been the most active throughout their high school career in these and other French Club activities are eligible to apply for French club’s service scholarship, which, like academic scholarships, varies in amount from year to year depending on the club’s other projects and funds.

Other typical French Club activities include French movie parties after school, eating at a French café in Bloomington, skiing at Paoli Peaks, food-tasting parties, Valentine’s breakfast in February, and a Mardi Gras party. At the end of the year, club members have the opportunity to go to a major amusement park as a reward for those who have supported French Club throughout the year and earned their service points.

French Club is governed by a Representative Council, which is made up of its elected officers and a representative from each French class. All club activities are proposed, planned, and implemented by this council, which is always looking for new activities and for ways to promote the appreciation of French culture. It is always open to the ideas of its membership, and all members are encouraged to be active and involved.