Woodlands Rotary - Interact - The Woodlands High School

The Woodlands High School Interact Club is one of the largest Interact Clubs in the world with over 500 members. The club is one of five area high school clubs sponsored by The Rotary Club of The Woodlands, which provides support and guidance, but they are self-governing and self-supporting clubs.

How to join: Interact is Rotary International's service club for young adults ages 14 to 18. To join TWHS Interact Club, either obtain a sign-up form from a club officer, director or sponsor, or attend a meeting. Annual dues for new members is $25 and $20 for returning members. This pays for a club t-shirt and the End of the Year Awards Banquet. Returning members that need a new shirt can pay $25 to receive a new shirt.

Club Meetings: The Club meets Mondays at 7:00 p.m. at TWHS campus cafeteria. The Fall Semester meetings dates are:

September 13

September 27

October 11

October 25

November 8

November 29

December 13

Check the Interact Club Bulletin Board located in the front entry lobby for the latest updates and information.

The Board of Directors meets at 6:30 p.m. prior to each Club Meeting.

Requirements to Letter: In order to be awarded a letter, members must earn at least 150 points with the following qualifications:

Earn points through: meetings ( 4 points per meeting); community service projects ( 4 points per hour); or donations (determined by item).
Members must attend 75% of club meetings each semester.
Earn at least 75 points from service projects. This does not include meetings or donations and comes only from working Interact Projects.
Earn at least 16 points of the 150 points through tutoring. Tutoring will be awarded 8 points for every hour of service. Special circumstances that prohibit one from fulfilling this requirment will be considered.
Sell 2 "Entertainment Books". Books cost $20 each and are worth 4 points each. Each additional book sold is worth 5 points each. Funds raised go to scholarshps for seniors. Seniors may "buy-out" this requirement for $20.

Earn at least 50 of the 150 points in the second semester.

Community Service Projects: TWHS Interact Club will provide assistance to dozens of community service projects during the year contributing thousands of volunteer hours.

The current list of service projects scheduled include:

SENIOR GAMES September 25 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. McCullough Junior High

DRAGON BOATS September 26 7:00 a.m. to Noon Northshore Park

SERVING OUR SENIORS October 16 8:00 a.m. to Noon Interfaith

PUMPKINFEST October 31 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 pm McCullough Junior High

FLEA MARKET November 6 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Town Center Parking Garage

** New projects will continue to be added throughout the semester.

Tutoring: Tutoring is offered to McCullough Junior High students on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Check back for when tutoring will begin for the fall semester.

2010 - 2011 Board of Directors

President Tess Howard

Vice President Katherine Mazanek

Secretary Leslie Bacon

Treasurer Jordan Ballback

Public Relations Brendan Frick

Historian Harica Kodakandla

Sergeant at Arms Alex Myers & Sofia Moreno-Cesar

Senior Directors Mario Coll

Dan London

Rafael Moreno-Cesar

David Muir

Junior Directors Clay Colson

Kaylee Speed

Amy Rizzo

Alex Brown

Sophomore Directors Michael Mirabella

Abby Portilla

Charlie Warren

Jazy Hill

Hayden Yap

Freshmen Directors To Be Determined by Election September 27

Director of Tutroing Travis Stevenson & David Muir

Director of Health Care Chelsea Parker

Director of Recycling Christa Cabot

Director of Animal Care Caroline Pereira

Director at Large Sydney Pantuso

Jason Duance

Ricardo Juarez-Cesar

Ben Legrand

Sponsors: Gregg Colschen

John Powers

K.D. Lawson

Kelli Williams