Students:become members of a distinguished group of 58,000+ outstanding art students, gain peer recognition, leadership growth opportunities, college and career preparation, and an unmatched sense of camaraderie, are eligible to apply for the Rising Stars Secondary Recognition Program Award (Juniors and Seniors only), are eligible to apply for the Charles M. Robertson Memorial Scholarship and scholarships to Columbus College of Art and Design, Maryland Institute College of Art, and The Art Institute (Seniors only), have the opportunity to be published in NAHS News (the semiannual, full-color digital publication of the NAHS program). Artwork submitted for inclusion is often used in other NAEA publications!, are eligible to submit artwork for possible inclusion in the annual NAHS/NJAHS Juried Exhibition held at the NAEA Studio & Gallery.
- Mudslingers : SERVICE Club Advisor: Mrs. Julie Myers At Mudslingers Club, GAHS, people of all ages and ability levels come together in a relaxed but vibrant atmosphere to explore ceramic arts. We offer tools, support and instruction to help stimulate the artist in us all.
Our primary outreach and fundraising event is Empty Bowls. We support SCCAP’s Gleaning Project together with Gettysburg College to raise awareness about hunger related issues, raise money for hunger related organizations, and advocate for community involvement. We do this by donating handmade ceramic bowls for a simple community meal with 100% donation going to feeding hungry people in our community.
- Scholastic Art & Writing Activity : Interest Group Advisors: Mrs. Julie Myers and Mrs. Dreves. Ask for support in the GAHS art rooms to enter or register and submit HERE.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The Alliance is an organization whose mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent and present their remarkable work to the world through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Through the Awards, students receive opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication, and scholarships. Students across America submitted more than 330,000 original works last year in 29 different categories of art and writing.
- S.T.E.A.M. : Interest Group currently inactive
STEAM club is a ground-breaking all-in-one innovation. It offers fun and creative hands-on activities that allow your child to explore the concepts of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (S.T.E.A.M.). Our STEAM club links education and fun together while inspiring our youth for success in the future in a safe, structured, and healthy environment.
Although conventional education may teach these subjects as separate disciplines, STEAM club ties them together and proves that they are most powerful when working in combination.
Our STEAM club at GAHS developed a “bond” theme in 2018 to create our first STEAM activity with the help of Artist and Art Teacher, Chemist and Chemistry Teacher, local community YWCA STEAM representative in the GAHS kitchen with our cookie cook off. In this activity students were required to use only the items in their “basket” to make the same recipe. Lipids, sugars and other binding molecules were switched to include investigation and exploration along with basic chemical bond knowledge.
