Sponsors: Dr. Brian Cunningham

Meeting Days: TBD

Meeting Time: TBD

Meeting Location: 6^th Grade Lab

Information: 6th Grade Student Ambassadors are a group of students who demonstrate leadership qualities and want to build upon skills such as cooperation, responsibility and self-discipline. 6th Grade Ambassadors will work alongside the Peer Leaders to continue to step into leadership roles within the school.

Sponsors: Ms. Emma Whitmer

Meeting Days: TBD

Meeting Time: TBD

Meeting Location: 7^th Grade Lab

Information: 7th Grade Student Ambassadors are a group of students who demonstrate leadership qualities and want to build upon skills such as cooperation, responsibility and self-discipline. 7th Grade Ambassadors will work alongside the Peer Leaders to continue to step into leadership roles within the school.

Sponsors: Coach Chad Riley

Meeting Days: Mondays - Thursday

Meeting Time: 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

Meeting Location: Gym

Information: Intramurals is for anyone who likes to be active.  We organize games and get playing. Intramurals is open to 6th-8th grade girls and boys. 

Sponsors: Mr. Patrick Kim

Meeting Days: Mondays - Thursday

Meeting Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Meeting Location: New Gym

Information: The Junior Patriots Volleyball Team is our competitive volleyball team that competes against other schools in a middle school volleyball league during the months of August & September. The students tryout in April of the current school year and practice over the summer to compete in matches in August/September

Tryouts for this team will be held in April of each school year.

Sponsors: Ms. Sherri Thomas, Ms. Anastasia James, Mr. Juan Ramirez-Gonzalez, Ms. Jasmyne Thomas, Ms. Ana Augustine

Meeting Days: TBD

Meeting Time: TBD

Meeting Location: TBD

Information: Students will collaborate and volunteer with different clubs and organizations to make the school a better place, while also being mentored in becoming better leaders for the future. They will act like student council for the school, as well as going to the school board meetings to represent the student body. They will also be helping with the promotion and planning of the school events. While being mentored, they will also have the opportunity to become mentors for their peers and lower grade levels. 

Sponsors: CW4(R) Deon "Chief" Robertson

Meeting Days: Monday/Wednesday/Friday, Tuesday/Thursday/Friday; Most Events are conducted on Saturdays.  

Meeting Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Meeting Dues: $30.00 JLC Annual Dues

Information:

876th Sweetwater JLC Club is made up of JLC Cadets only.  We do community service projects such as the following: We compete in (3) JLC Raiders Meets in the Fall, which has 8 different team events & 2 individual events for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place trophies/ medals.  We march in 2 different parades: Veterans Day in the Atlanta Area & MLK Day in the Lawrenceville area and/ or cleaning projects. We also compete in 3 Drill Meets in the Spring, which has 5 team events and 2 individual events for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place trophies/ medals for team and individual events. The JLC Program conducts the Flag Detail for Sweetwater MS and conducts Color Guard Ceremonies for local school events, promotions,  and home basketball games at Berkmar HS. Finally, we usually finish the year with a Summer JLC Leadership Camp of 3 to 4 days; after the school year is done.

Sponsors: Ms. Edwidge Antoine. Mr. Patrick Kim

Meeting Days: TBD

Meeting Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Meeting Locations: Media Center

Information: Peer Leadership is a student organization that is offered to 8th grade students who are respectful, responsible, self-disciplined, and have the potential to be great student leaders. Peer Leaders members will act as school ambassadors and help with various tasks such as Parent/Teacher Conferences, Math/Language Arts nights, rising 5th graders, and guides for new students arriving to Sweetwater. 

Students who are interested are provided with an application and turn in a recommendation from their teachers.

Sponsors: Mr. Thomas Hartnett, Mr. Ben Richmond, Ms. Elizabeth Miller, Mr. Eric Morgan

Meeting Days: Fridays 

Meeting Time: 8:00 AM to 8:50 AM

Information: RPG (Role Playing Game) club - where adventure awaits! Participants will play games like Dungeons and Dragons, create their own characters, use unique skills, magic, and items, and adventure through mythical lands, mysterious town, and spooky dungeons - all with paper and pencil!

Sponsors: Ms. Laurethia Cleveland & Ms. Clarisa Rene-Kinshasa

Meeting Days: Tuesday and Thursday. New League Starts in March

Meeting Time: 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Meeting Location: First Lego League Room 

Information: The STEM Lego Club is a competition club for STEM students. The STEM students build Lego robots and code them to complete missions. The first practice is in September and the competition is in December. 

Club Website Link

Sponsors: Coach Chad Riley, Coach Lee Kidder, Coach Daniel Ramirez

Meeting Days: TBD

Meeting Time: TBD

Information: The purpose of the soccer club is to teach the sport of soccer. We will have tryouts to make the team and games will be played against other Gwinnett County Schools

Sponsors: Ms. Elmore, Ms. James & Ms. Williams

Meeting Days: TBD

Meeting Time: TBD

Meeting Location: Rm 1.74

Information: The purpose of the Spanish club is to foster interest in the Hispanic Culture and to provide an opportunity to speak Spanish in an informal and fun setting and to learn more about the Hispanis world. All students are welcome to join!

Sponsors: Mrs. Tracy LeSueur, Mrs. James, Mr. Hood

Meeting Days: Mondays - Thursdays

Meeting Time: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm  

Students must have a ride home and must be picked up no later than 5:40 pm.

Meeting Location: VEX room (1.62)

VRC Information

VEX competitions foster skills and capitalize on the motivational effects of competitions and robotics to help all students create an identity as a STEM learner.  VEX competitions are also a great way to expose students to valuable soft skills like communication, collaboration, and time management in a fun and authentic way.

Información VRC

Las competencias VEX fomentan las habilidades y capitalizan los efectos motivacionales de las competencias y la robótica para ayudar a todos los estudiantes a crear una identidad como aprendices de STEM. Las competencias VEX también son una excelente manera de exponer a los estudiantes a valiosas habilidades blandas como la comunicación, la colaboración y la gestión del tiempo de una manera divertida y auténtica.

Club Site

Sponsors: Mr. Patrick Kim

Meeting Days: TBD (Spring 2024)

Meeting Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Meeting Location: New Gym (Pickup will be in back of school)

Information: Volleyball Club will serve as a learning opportunity for students who have an interest in volleyball and for those potentially trying out for the volleyball team at the high school level. Students will learn the basics of volleyball - passing, hitting, serving, rotations, etc. All students are encouraged and welcome to join! Come and be a part of the Sweetwater Volleyball Club!

Sponsors: Mr. Patrick Kim & Mr. Jason Leopard

Meeting Days: TBD

Meeting Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Meeting Location: Media Center

Information: Students will be taking pictures, editing, and designing our 2023-2024 Sweetwater Middle School Yearbook for all school events, special class activities, and other clubs.