Bobcat Stories

School hasn’t really started until you’ve joined a club, right? During lunch on Thursday, August 22, Bosque School students had their chance to browse this year’s many groups and organizations, which encircled the quad with their representatives, flyers, candies, and stickers — and, of course, always a great pitch as to why a student might want to join.  

Learning Specialist Amy Gurley is sponsoring the newest member of the family of affinity groups. Led by Meena ‘26 the group seeks to bring together students who identify as neurodivergent, giving all interested in joining the group “a safe place to discuss the struggles and surprises of living with a different thinking structure.”  

Wildlife students have a great new mentor, too, in staffulty member Donny Kelley-Currens, who is working full-time this year as Bosque School’s “Field and Community Science Educator and Videographer.” He is sponsoring the Cranes View Podcast Club, which offers students interested in any topics related to nature and wildlife an opportunity to produce short podcasts.  

Abigail O. ‘25 reported that the Bee Club had a great year and is hoping to get some of their honey and beeswax candles to this year’s New Mexico State Fair. The group has partnered with Heritage Farm Open Space, and the Bosque students find themselves in the role of expert beekeepers, using their experience with their own campus hives to mentor the volunteers at Heritage Farm with theirs.   

Two busy juniors, Katie and Jakob are leading the Latin Club, which shares alternative Friday afternoon meetings with the Dungeons and Dragons Club. Both groups are hoping for a new and improved Romecraft competition, with the challenge of tech, particularly the coding of the game, a focus this year.  

Wyatt ‘25, a leader in Tech Club, showed off the amazing reciprocating saw. In addition to playing with power tools, members of the club support the audio/video needs of both the theater program and general campus events.

Bridge USA Dialogue Club, led by seniors Claire and Mia, is committed to providing a safe and supportive space for students to discuss controversial issues, including politics. This fall’s election is definitely the hot topic of the moment, but they also want to ponder the question, “Is math red or blue?”  

Longtime Bosque School teacher T.J. Middleton commented on the range of clubs. “Some have been around a long time, and some are new, but what they have in common is that every one of them was created by students and driven by their interests,”  he said. That passion showed in the enthusiasm of the group leaders and the signup sheets full of eager new members.