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A.B.C. - 6th Grade - Sponsors: 6th Grade Team
The sixth grade A.B.C., or Awesome Behavior Club, is an honor bestowed monthly upon sixth grade students for awesome behavior at Mayo.
Bank at School - Sponsor: Michelle Huffington
Bank at school is a process that students use to employ mathematics and mathematical concepts and practical applications. Students visit the bank to see first hand how things are done.
Builder's Club - Sponsor: Staff
Builder's Club works with the Kiwanis Club in improving our community. Builder's Club is like the Key Club at the high school. Some of the activities that the Builder's Club is involved in is: Pennies for Patients, which raises money to help fight Leukemia & Lymphoma, helps organize Red Ribbon Week, runs the Canned Food Drive, which helps the local food pantry, and assists with other organizations throughout the community.
Cardinal Yearbook - Sponsor: Chris Clawson
The yearbook staff plans and organizes a yearbook, which is sold by subscription at cost to the student body. The yearbook consists of individual picture of staff and students, as well as, group pictures of the various school organizations and activities. The yearbook has the entire school year, with delivery the following year.
There's a new club at Mayo! Mayo's Chess Club is a great way to make new friends, exercise your mind, and learn a new hobby. The club meets Tuesdays after school in the cafeteria until 4:45. It's open to 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, and you don't even have to know how to play!
The Mayo Dance Team is a group of 10-15 girls that perform dance routines at most home basketball games. Try-outs are in the spring of the year.
Drama - Sponsor: Shantel Walker
Geography Bowl - Sponsors: Nick Sanders, Michele Allen, Myndy Wooten
Mayo Geography Bowl is made up 5 Mayo students from grades 6-8. The students work throughout the year to prepare for the Geography Bowl, which is in March. The bowl is held at Terre Haute, IN and each team plays 3 players at a time. The students must demonstrate knowledge in Geography, History, Economics, Government, and some in Science. Being a part of the Geography Bowl team is truly an awesome accomplishment.
History Club - Sponsor: Nick Sanders
History Club is made up of 8th Grade History students and its' purpose is to get the students interested in US History. History Club meets two weeks a month during lunch where we discuss important historical events and time periods. During the meetings we usually watch a video and then discuss what happened and why. Occasionally, we will have an after school meeting where we listen to guest speakers who are knowledgeable in a certain area of history.
Jazz Band - Sponsor: Abbey Houser
The Mayo Jazz Band is comprised of approximately 18 of the most skilled instrumentalists in the 7th and 8th grade on saxophone, trombone, trumpet, bass, piano, and drum set. The jazz band rehearses every Monday and Wednesday morning from 7:30-8:20am. The primary focus is on learning to play in the jazz style, and putting together a repertoire of songs for contests and performances throughout the school year. Learning jazz is not only a new topic that not only broadens student’s musical horizons, but is uniquely American in origin, and is just plain fun to play!
Organization Contest - Sponsors: Abbey Houser and Emily Miller-Amato
Each spring, the Mayo Concert Band, Choir, and Jazz Band compete in the IESA Organizational Contest. Each group prepares three selections of music for the event, each of very different styles. All ensembles from the east-central Illinois area attend one site, and perform for three judges. They evaluated on tone, intonation, rhythmic accuracy, balance, technique, interpretation, and musical effect. In this contest, ensembles are not ranked against each other, but are evaluated for their own musical performance. Each performing ensemble receives an overall rating, and awards accompany high scores. Organizational contest leads to great musical growth and gain, and is a wonderful opportunity to hear other ensembles of the same age level perform.
Redbird Chefs - Sponsor: Home Community Educators
Redbird Chefs is an intensive cooking experience offered by the University of Illinois Extension. Fifteen students commit to monthly sessions which meet for 1 1/2 hours after school. In these sessions students really learn to cook; from scratch. Some years the group concentrates on different countries and the foods associated with those places and other years the concentration is on different courses or food groups. At the end of the year the students spend the better part of a school day preparing a dinner party for themselves and their invited guests. This is a worthwhile program where everyone gets a chance to learn, have fun and participate.
Redbird Cookers - Sponsor: Home Community Educators
Redbird Cookers is a fun after school opportunity hosted by the University of Illinois Extension and the HOme and Consumer Education group. Students are asked to sign up in the office each month (the first 25 students to sign up) for this 1 1/2 hour session. Students are not asked to make a commitment but are welcome to come each time or just once, whatever their schedules and interests dictate. Each meeting involves the HCE ladies instructing the students in making a craft as well as a snack. This is a fun group and everyone is encouraged to try it.
Rudy's Readers - Sponsor: Melanie Ogle
Rudy's Readers is a reading club for students designed to read both classic and award-winning novels. One book is read each quarter, and students attend lunch meetings to discuss the book before there is a large group meeting after the book has been completed. At the large meetings the students discuss the entire book, enjoy snacks, and participate in activities that goes with the novel.
A point system is based on attendance, participation, and successful completion of the Accelerated Reading tests determines which students are eligible for special events throughout the year.
Scholastic Bowl - Sponsor: Alison Wirth
Scholastic Bowl is similar to Jeopardy, but with teams. We have both Varsity and Junior Varsity teams. Students compete in teams of five players that work together to defeat the other team. Students push a buzzer if they think they know the answer to a question from the moderator. Questions cover a variety of topics such as, school subjects, movies, sports, art, and television.
Solo & Ensemble - Sponsors: Abbey Houser and Emily Miller-Amato
Solo and Ensemble Contest is open to all 6th, 7th and 8th grade students (and select 5th graders) who are a member of the school’s band and/or choir organization. Starting in late January, students begin to prepare an individual selection of music for their instrument/voice and piano accompaniment, or a work for two or more ensemble members. Students then take their performance to the IESA Solo and Ensemble Contest, where they are judged on the quality of their musical performance. Students receive an overall rating and awards accompany these ratings. In this contest, students are not ranked against others, but are judged based on given criteria for their own age and performance level. Solo and Ensemble is perhaps the best way to challenge our musical abilities, and advance one’s own musical skills.
Participation in speech is meant to strengthen a student's public speaking ability while also allowing an opportunity for students to be creative.
Spelling Bee - Sponsor: Myndy Wooten
Win great prizes: $100, $75, and $50 savings bonds, trophies, coupons, and certificates. How? Win 1st or 2nd place in your language arts class in January. Participate in the Mayo Spelling Bee in February. Win 1st or 2nd place in your grade level to advance to the Edgar County Spelling Bee at the end of February. Want a free trip for you and a guardian to Washington D.C. to the National Spelling Bee? Be the 1st place winner at the Mayo or Edgar County Spelling Bee and the Wabash Valley Bee.
Student Council - Sponsors: Chris Clawson and Nick Sanders
The Student Council is the student governing body of the school. Students in each grade level/advisory class choose the class representatives, respectively. The class representatives elect the president, vice president, and secretary. The Student Council sponsors a number of projects and activities at school and in the community.
WHAM stands for "What's Happening at Mayo". WHAM-TV is a student ran production and does several different productions throughout the year. The most common production for WHAM is the morning announcements, which are done every morning. The announcements are a great way for students to find out about the important events going on at Mayo. WHAM-TV also broadcasts the basketball games here at Mayo. Those games can be copied to a DVD and sold to those who would like a copy of the game. Also, WHAM-TV will tape special events at Mayo like, band concerts, Honors Night, and 8th Grade Recognition. Those events can then be placed on a DVD for purchase.