US Clubs and Organizations

The Academic Quiz Bowl team competes with other schools in the Middle Georgia area at the Macon State Tournament. Selection for the team is based on a written test and an interview. The team meets after school once or twice a week.

ADL is a student group that promotes a “world without hate” and works to educate others about diversity. Recently through Stratford’s ADL group, the school earned a “No Place for Hate” designation through the Anti-Defamation League for its work educating the Academy on how to be an ally and not a bully and other similar activities.

Ambassadors are 10-12 grade students who serve as liaisons to students transferring into the Upper School. Ambassadors nurture and guide new students as they transition and adjust to the Stratford community.

The Animal Rescue Club is a student-run service-oriented club. The objective of the club is to provide opportunities for students to work with and improve the lives of vulnerable animals in local shelters. Students organize drives for donations for much needed items and volunteer at shelters. 

The Stratford Academy Beta Club is an honorary organization made up of juniors and seniors who maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.6. Sophomores are tapped as members during the third quarter of the school year. Character, leadership, scholarship, and service are criteria for becoming a member of the Stratford Beta Club. Our most important service to the community each year comes in the form of our annual spaghetti supper held each winter to benefit charities that support local youth initiatives.

Stratford's Junior Classical League is affiliated with the state and national organizations bearing this name. Membership is open to anyone currently enrolled in Latin or to any student who has had at least two years of Latin. Members meet to watch films about ancient Rome, to picnic in Rose Hill Cemetery, to perform an annual community service project, and many of them attend the annual state Latin convention held at Rock Eagle every spring.

Drama Club is the easiest club to belong to: support drama, and you're in! The membership is open to anyone who enjoys any aspect of theater on stage, in the booth, or backstage. The Drama Club sponsors a variety of exciting performances and has established itself as a fun and hard-working organization dedicated to the many aspects of theatre at Stratford.

The Ecology Club is a student-driven club that promotes conservation, recycling, "going green" and environmental activism on campus and in our community. Students work toward the adoption of environment-friendly practices and ideas for the development of a sustainable campus. Ecology Club members seek out and participate in various school and community volunteer opportunities that promote environmental education and action. Club events include: monthly Adopt-A-Spot Peake Road litter cleanups, an annual Christmas Tree recycling event, a yearly Macon Water Authority’s Ocmulgee River Clean-Up, and quarterly eco-friendly workshops.

It is dark and silent as we sit on the edges of our seats waiting for the moment when we hear "The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle. The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true" (THE COURT JESTER, Paramount, 1956). Drama, comedy, anime, foreign, action or just plain weird- we watch it all. For students under 18, a parent permission form must be signed.

The French Club promotes French and the French-speaking world. The organization is designed to provide students with an opportunity to socialize with fellow French students outside class. Club meetings generally occur once per month in the French classroom. There, members partake of delicious crêpes, orangina, and other treats. The president of the French Club is responsible for organizing meetings and fostering interest in French among the student body. The Faculty Advisor offers information about the French-speaking world through power-point presentations on Mardi Gras, Paris and other French-speaking regions.

The purpose of the The Société Honoraire du Français is to recognize high achievement of high school students and to stimulate interest in the study of the French language. To be tapped for the society, students should have maintained an A- average in French for at least three semesters and a cumulative average of B overall.

Girl Talk is an international non-profit peer-to-peer mentoring program with a very simple premise: high school girls mentor middle school girls to help them deal with the issues they face during their formative early teenage years. The mission is to help young teenaged girls build self-esteem, develop leadership skills and recognize the value of community service.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The dedicated Journalism staff works hard all year long gathering and publishing news about our community and our surrounding world. The Journalism staff is responsible for the publication of the student newspaper, The Gazebo. Work on the newspaper is done in the Journalism class, which is open to students of all four years by application. Members of the newspaper staff are involved in every aspect of the journalism process: interviewing, news writing, editing, photography, layout and design, and distribution. The Gazebo includes Middle and Upper School news, as well as feature articles, sports stories, and editorials. The Gazebo has now gone digital and is readily available to readers everywhere.

Key Club is an international, student-led organization providing its members with the opportunities to perform service, build character, and develop leadership. The Key Club motto is "Caring - Our Way of Life." The Stratford Key Club lives this motto by collecting donations for the Ronald McDonald House through the McJeans Day Drive, canvassing local neighborhoods for the Harvest of Hope canned food drive sponsored in conjunction with the Kiwanis Club of Macon, organizing Red Cross blood drives, and working with the Beta Club in support of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Shamrock sale.

To be tapped for membership into the National Junior Classical League Latin Honor Society, a student must have an A- or better in Latin by the end of the third quarter and be a member of the Junior Classical League. Members must re-earn membership every year that they are enrolled in Latin.

Scribbles is a publication compiled of short stories, poems, and photographs. The magazine is put together by a team of Upper School students. The staff does not get started up until second semester, but when second semester begins, the group gets busy. They collect, edit, and make decisions about what goes into this annual publication. Any student or faculty member may submit pieces. The magazine is distributed once a year on Honors Day.

Founded in 2007, the Stratford Peer Mentoring Program ultimately aims to build better relationships between upper and underclassmen and to nurture a more positive school culture. Seniors and juniors mentor incoming freshmen in order to help them better adjust to the academic, procedural, and social demands of the Upper School. Specifically, the mentors will look to facilitate the process of increased student self-esteem and confidence, encourage academic achievement, and promote positive school, peer, and family connectedness. In addition, the program aims to provide upper class students with opportunities to learn and demonstrate leadership skills and to make them feel more like active stakeholders in the Stratford community. Mentors will endeavor to exhibit Stratford Academy's highest values at all times and will provide positive role models for younger students.

In the spring of each year, a limited number of rising juniors and seniors are selected through a three-part process in which students nominate themselves to work as mentors. Faculty members may also nominate students who they believe will be positive role models and will work well with our ninth grade students as they adjust to the demands of Upper School. Students may also nominate themselves to work as mentors. Finally, the mentor selection committee, composed of the program directors, teachers, and administrators, meets to decide who will be chosen.

Peer mentors will participate in a training session in early August right before the first week of school. Mentors have regular meetings with their freshmen throughout the first semester, building relationships and assisting in the transition to Upper School.

We've got spirit!!! Stratford's Pep Club is quickly becoming known by its new name "NAVY!" "NAVY" stands for "Need A Victory Yell" and aims to provide our athletic teams with the motivation to bring home success, while having a fun time doing it. Our goal is to fill the stands with enthusiastic students at a variety of events. We do this by sponsoring pre-game activities such as tailgating, face painting, spirit awards and fun surprises designed to rouse the crowd. All upper school students are invited and encouraged to join.

The Personal Finance and Investment Club promotes personal financial and economic awareness to Stratford Academy's student members. Participants learn valuable investment skills that enable them to make educated investment choices. Active learning is through an online stock investing simulation, guest speakers, and information sessions. Emphasis is on the long-term approach to financial security based on investment skill and real world applications.

To be tapped for the Spanish Honor Society, students must earn at least an A- average in Spanish courses by the end of the freshman year.

The Student Leadership Board is an organization made up of 14 Upper School students who function as Stratford’s student government. These students include Class Presidents, the Student Body President, and 2 additional class representatives from each grade (3 for the senior class). The student leaders are selected by their peers to plan student activities, monitor clubs, relay student input to the administration, promote school pride, encourage student involvement, and serve as leaders in the school and surrounding community. 

The main purpose of the club is to encourage an interest in creative writing and allow club members-writers-to discuss and present their own work in an open forum. The club will focus on fiction poetry and playwriting. Writers will not be graded on their work---they will only be encouraged, helping one another to improve as creative writers. We will discuss one another's work in an attempt to add depth to our creative thought as well as improve it. Again-no grades.

The Table Tennis club provides a fun and competitive outlet for students who enjoy the game and encourages novice players to get involved and have fun. The club hosts numerous tournaments throughout the year, and no previous experience is required.

The Tech Club is a service organization committed to learning how to utilize technology to better serve the community. No prior tech experience necessary - we will show you how to refurbish computers!  During the holidays we learn how to build interactive ornaments for our tree at the Museum's Festival of Trees, and we learn how to program the light display at Mercer.  We also compete in programming competitions such as CS@Mines HSPC.

The yearbook staff is made up of sophomores, juniors and seniors ( freshmen by special approval only ) who work all year long to compile this 320-page memory book. Students must apply to be on the yearbook staff, and staff member are chosen at the discretion of the advisor(s). The yearbook is produced entirely by the students, using a layout program on the computer. The students are involved in every aspect of the publication process, from compiling the information and pictures for each page to selling advertisements to designing the specific layouts. Yearbook meets as an elective class and students receive one elective credit for successfully completing the course.