There are a few activities available to the students.

• Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts:

  The Boy Scouts of America is a youth program focused on character development, citizenship training, and mental and physical fitness through age-appropriate activities involving fun & games, opportunities for leadership, learning ethical values, involvement in community service, and learning & practicing outdoor skills.

  St. Jude has a vibrant and active Scouting program and sponsors a Cub Scout Pack (1st-5th grade) and a Boy Scout Troop (6th grade - age 18).  The Pack typically meets once a month on Tuesday evenings, with additional meetings scheduled more often by grade.  The Troop generally meets twice a month on Sunday afternoons, in addition to monthly outdoor activities such as campouts.  For further information please call John Davis, Cubmaster for Pack 3172, at (423) 847-9075, or Warren Diegel, Scoutmaster for Troop 172, at (423) 843-3855.

  Click here to link to the Troop 172's web site.

Click here to link to the Scouts Calendar of Activities.

Click here to link to the Cherokee Area Council web site.

• Girl Scouts: Where today’s girls become tomorrow’s leaders

  In Girl Scouting, girls have the opportunity to develop leadership skills, skills that will help them throughout their lives. We have several levels in Girl Scouts, starting with Daisies: They learn what the Girl Scout law is and what it means, they earn special Daisy pedals during their year as a daisy scout, next are the Brownie Scouts, they are in scouting for the next 3 years, they go a step further, they not only learn what the Girl Scout law and promise are, they live it. We teach them to be courageous and strong, friendly and helpful and to be a friend to all. Brownies earn “Try-its” for the recognition of what they have learned. Then we have the Junior scouts, they too, stay for 3 years, they learn to explore in many different fields, such as music, math and science, outdoor fun such as learning to cook on an open fire, riding horses and doing more for the community. They earn badges for the work they do. And finally we have Cadettes: During these years, girls begin to make their own decisions. Exploring careers and finding themselves are added to the traditional girl scout activities.
  

  Click here to link to the Moccasin Bend Girl Scout Council web site.

• Beta Club

  The vision of the Beta Club is to develop and nurture individuals by providing opportunities and experiences enabling them to demonstrate the ideals of character, achievement, service and leadership in a global community. This year, the St. Jude Beta Club will focus on service to our community both local and at large.

Invitation to the St. Jude Beta Club for newly eligible members in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades will be forthcoming.

Click here to link to The National Beta Club web site.

• Eighth Grade Leaders

With a goal to "Be the Best Me" for the 2007 - 2008 school year, members of the eighth grade class elected representatives in each of the following areas:

Service - Jake Dilbeck
Liturgy - Neil Howard
Social - Rebecca Polacek
Events - Morgan Howard

All members of the class belong to one of the committees and actively participate in the planning of a variety of events and programs.