The Computer Science Club is a relatively new addition to the lineup of after school clubs, having just started up during the second semester of the 2024-2025 school year.  The club typically meets every first and third Thursday of the month to discuss ideas surrounding technology and engineering. This includes various collaborative activities, like programming.

This club was originally founded by junior Regina Ho in her sophomore year, alongside a now graduated senior.

“The origin of this club is actually really funny,” Ho said.  “I attended a computer science competition over the summer with my twin sister and that graduated senior, and we lost by a landslide.  When talking to others who participated in the competition, they mentioned that they had been preparing for months leading up to this moment.”

That’s when Ho realized that her group did not have the same resources that the other groups had.

“I was like, ‘what?’” she said. “Like, we didn’t have a place to prepare and learn at school, unlike these other competitors.  That’s when I asked Mr. Trout about starting a club, who said that we had previously had a computer science club, but it didn’t go far due to organizational issues.  So with the help of the senior, I was able to resurrect the club and start it up again.”

At her first meeting, Ho was met not with students, but with disappointment, when only three people showed up.  She realized that this is not because of a lack of interest in Computer Science, but rather because of the lack of advertising that the club needed.

“When I asked people if they knew of the Computer Science Club, a bunch of people were like, ‘I didn’t even know we had a club!’” she said. “I knew then for sure that it was because of advertising, not because people weren’t interested, so we changed that really quickly.”

Now, the club typically sees around 20 students per session.  Junior Clarabell Lohmuller is one of the club’s regulars and finds great entertainment in the club.

“I wasn’t planning on joining the club initially, but then Regina came and told me it would be something I’d be interested in,” Lohmuller said.  “I then attended one of the meetings, and it was actually really fun.”

Lohmuller was asked what specifically was fun, to which she replied, “Coding, making websites, and my favorite would probably be programming drones!  Having guest speakers come in is also super fun.”