Clubs and Activities

Universal Clubs

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In order to fully develop the whole person, all students are required to participate in either a yearlong club or seasonal sport.  It is our philosophy that such participation is vital in developing well-rounded students, broadening student interests, and encouraging a strong ownership of Universal School.  Additionally, with college admission becoming so competitive, colleges are now looking for students who show participation in school activities beyond the classroom.  In order for a yearlong activity to be counted for a student’s participation requirement, the club or activity must either be academic, competitive or service oriented.  A strong commitment and weekly attendance is required.   The following Clubs meet one or all of the above-mentioned requirements:

Summer Camp

Qur’an Competition

Dawa Club Activities

Iman club

Humanitarian Aid

National Honor Society

Art Club

Chess Club

Drama Club

LEXICON CHALLENGE

Mathletes

Middle Student Council

Spelling Bee

Student Council Criteria

STEM Club

Book Club

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Universal School Summer Camp 2021

Qur'an Competition Award Ceremony [1st-7th Grades]

Qur'an Competition Award Ceremony [8th-12th Grades]

Dawa Club Activities

On January 06, 2011, Shahinaz Ahmad, the Moraine Valley College MSA president (at the time only the public relations coordinator) came to speak to 9th-12th grade girls on the topic of Hijab. She highlighted the importance of Muslim girls wearing the headscarf, and she described the many benefits of such a practice. The girls truly enjoyed her speech, and she related to them her own personal stories, with which the girls were more easily able to connect. Inshallah Shahinaz will continue to motivate many other young Muslim girls.

Iman club

As of September 2012, the Universal IMAN Club began its first official community clean up. The team, consisting of many volunteers, cleaned up the community garden. They eradicated the place of weeds, dying plants, and harvested the produce in the area, including cantaloupe and squash. This effort will continue on annually, extending its projects into the summer time as a collective effort will be enacted so as to purify the community garden and beautify the landscape through planting flowers and vegetables.

Mission

alleviate human suffering and provide aid and assistance to those in need at the local, national, and global level

Advisors

Meeting Day

Meetings dates: 2nd Wednesday of every Month

Activities

Activities request for next year: Blood Drive, Inner-City Clothes Drive, Pious Projects, Zakat Foundation

National Honor Society

The National Honor Society (NHS) and National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) are the nation’s premier organizations established to recognize outstanding high school and middle level students. More than just an honor roll, NHS and NJHS serve to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character (and Citizenship for NJHS). These characteristics have been associated with membership in the organization since their beginnings in 1921 and 1929.

Mission

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Advisors

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Meeting Day

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Policy

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Mission

To bring literature to life through interpretation, creativity, expression, and teamwork

Advisors

Meeting Day

We will begin in November meeting Thursday every other week. Beginning January we will meet Thursday weekly

Activities

an end of year production

LEXICON CHALLENGE

The Lexicon Challenge is a competition for students who are interested in improving their vocabulary or testing their vocabulary knowledge. The competition involves studying an extensive list of words and memorizing the synonym and antonym of each word. The list of words for 9th -12th grade has not changed over the years. Students entering the competition in 9th grade can possibly receive the same word if they enter the competition in 10th , 11th, or 12th. There are over 700 words to study, so serious students can begin studying over the summer, or even the year before!

Mission

To provide a mathematical experience beyond the classroom for interested students and expose them to existing mathematical talent of Universal.

Advisors

Meeting Day

a day in the week – regularly scheduled
First tryouts in October, then tie breakers if necessary. Every category Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 and Pre-calculus allow for only 6 students per category.
Every other Thurdsday November thru December, then every week after that, Thursday/Tuesday till the competion.
If we are invited to state we meet weekly Tuesday/Thursday (alternating with debate) from end of March till May.

Activities

Last Saturday in February for Regional competition, the 23rd
Saturday possibly May 4th if we make it to state.

Mission

The mission of the club is preparation and registration for the MIST (Muslim Interscholastic Tournament) regional tournament, in order to represent universal school and compete with many other muslim schools and MSA’s. MIST is a tournament with a wide variety of competitions such as knowledge, arts, sports, writing, speech, debate, and so on. MIST allows for students to partake in extracurricular activities not available at Universal, and it is a beneficial and enjoyable event for anyone who participates in it.

Advisors

mohammed alzweiy

Meeting Day

a day in the week – regularly scheduledOnce a month starting after November 1st. Most likely Tuesdays.

Activities

MIST is an activity that requires preparation outside of school, therefore no specific activities need to be requested, other than the regularly scheduled meetings after school. The MIST event takes place on a weekend near the end of the school year.

Mission

To provide service to Universal School

Advisors

Ghazala Manzoor 
 Amber Hashim  
 Manal Abdellatif  

Meeting Day

Once a week 3:35-4pm – day to be determined

 

Activities

Empower Parent Application Day
Ronald Mc Donald Lunch-In
High Honor Roll Breakfast
Two Krispy Kreme Fundraisers
Cleaning and planting around the school for Earth day
Making goodie bags for teachers during Teacher Appreciation week.

Spelling Bee

The Spelling Bee was a great accomplishment! Many dedicated students walked down the hallway holding their spelling list trying to perfect their spelling. First and foremost, we would like to congratulate every one who participated in the Spelling Bee.

Mission

Engage students in engineering challenges and STEM activities that will enhance the students’ critical thinking and increase their knowledge of STEM applications.

Advisors

Meeting Day

Our meetings are once a month-usually the last Friday of the month at 3:45 in the STEAM lab-
Dates of meetings for the 2018-2019 SY are the following Fridays:
9/28, 10/26, 11/30, 12/14, 1/25, 2/22, 3/15, 4/26

Activities

We do one activity per meeting usually determined by the executives and approved by me beforehand.

 

WYSE

WYSE, (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering) is a competition that tests the knowledge of students in several subject areas, such as Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, English, Biology, Computer Fundamentals and Engineering Graphics. There are three stages of the competition, the regional, the sectional, and the state level. If a team, which must include fourteen participants, finishes first or second out of all competing teams at their designated testing site, they move on to the next level.

Book Club

Book Club is a lunchtime getaway where students meet with one another to discuss a novel they have chosen to read outside of their academic load.