Club day is a huge attraction to the Paly student body, because it includes a free lunch and extra time to window-shop the various clubs that advertise on the quad. To Student Activities Director Ally Davies and ASB students, it is a rush of revising the huge stack of club applications and preparing for the event.
"I’m excited because there are a lot of really cool clubs. I’m also looking forward to the free lunch," junior Emma Davis said.
With Club Day rapidly approaching, Davies and ASB President, junior Mohammed Abid, ran the club meeting that was mandatory for all potential clubs to attend last week, and now are brainstorming ways to transport food for the entire student body to Paly.
" I had a funny picture in my head: me going to Costco and filling a cart with two thousand hotdogs, buns, drinks, cookies, and chips," Davies said. "It would have been a funny sight to see me cruising up and down the aisles at Costco with all that food."
Club Day may seem like an easy event to organize, but it actually requires the ASB students to dedicate a huge amount of their time to focus on Club Day.
" I am concerned that the rest of the student body is unaware of how much work the ASB students actually do," Davies said. "They help advertise, [and] approve clubs. They will also assist in making the table posters this year and help in any way they can to make the event run smoothly."
Most of the event planning has progressed well with the whole school contributing to the effort through more than fifty club applicants. In preparation, Davies and the ASB students are sorting through countless applications to prevent duplicates and lawsuits resulting from high-risk clubs in which the school could be responsible for a hurt student. Once a club is tentatively approved, both student council and principal Scott Laurence must give their final stamp of approval.
"We have a lot on our plate right now but [ASB students] work really hard to get everything ready," Davies said. "There will be a great selection of clubs for students to choose from."
Throughout the years, Club Day has always produced a range of clubs, from the "I Love APUSH" club to the "Japanese Anime" club to new clubs this year such as the political magazine "The Canary" and to "Action to Africa" club.
"It’s always interesting to see the wide variety of clubs offered on Club Day," senior Jessica Langston said.