Clubs & Activities

Club Description: Art Club serves as an extra-curricular focused on visual art. Many of the projects created in art club use media not commonly used in the art room, providing a new creative experience for club members.

Club Sponsors: Emily Newton

Who: 4th and 5th-grade students

When: Wednesday Mornings from 7:30-8:15 AM

Planned Activities: Sketching and journaling

Affiliations: none

Cost: $20

Club Description: The Benefield Book Club aims to foster a passion for reading among students by creating a supportive community where they can share and celebrate their love for books. Students will read from the list of selected titles for Readers Rally, discuss the books, and answer questions about each title in preparation for the Readers Rally Competition.

Club Sponsors: Ammee Robbins, Denise Henry, Susan Arduino

Who: 4th and 5th grade students

When: During lunches on designated days and afternoons on scheduled days

Planned Activities: Gwinnett County Readers Rally Competition, February 2025

Affiliations: None

Cost: $10

Club Description: The purpose of the club is to mentor young boys into young men. Teaching them about brotherhood, scholarship, manhood and leadership. To aim, live and strive in excellence by being able to build teamwork through leadership skills and scholarly duties.

Club Sponsors: Shaun Campbell and Christopher Gilmore

Who: 4th and 5th grade students

Planned Activities: We will work on the following this school year:

• “SELF-esteem”      
• “Healthy Living”
• “Keeping the Community Clean”    
• “I CAN Achieve”
• “Business Etiquette”    
• “BEAT THE TEST”
• “Reflecting Back on the YEAR”

Affiliations: First Ladies of Benefield

Cost: $45

Club Description: The Benefield Singers aim to provide 4th and 5th grade students a more significant music education through choral and musical theatre experiences. Through performance of varied and multicultural repertoire, we share music with the Gwinnett community that highlights our students' vocal and instrumental talents.

Club Sponsors: Ema Allen and Matthew Becher

Who: 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students

When: 7:30 a.m. on Friday Mornings

Planned Activities:  Preview Performances/ Single Song Holiday Showcases - Fall 2025
Winter Concert - December 2025
Spring Musical - March/April 2026
Spring Performances/ Single Song Holiday Showcases - Spring 2026
Possible Summer Concert - May 2026

Affiliations: none

Cost: $35 new members, $15 returning members

Club Description:  The purpose of Drama Club is to practice skills associated with on stage performances.

Club Sponsors: Casey Jordan

Who: 4th and 5th Grade Students

When: Fridays at 7:45 a.m.

Planned Activities: 

Affiliations: n/a

Cost: 

Club Description:  The purpose of the Benefield Step Team is to provide opportunity to learn and perform step routines.  

Club Sponsor:  Tammy Jones, Taylor Jemison, and  Ashley Dent

Who: Students in all grade level are invited to participate

When: Mondays at 7:30 a.m.

Planned Activities: Students will participate in step team performances at school-wide functions

Affiliations: none

Cost: $30

Club Description: First Ladies of Benefield was established in 2017 to promote ALL things Girl Power. In First Ladies of Benefield, girls will be exposed to woman entrepreneurs, academic support, peer socialization, and a one-of a kind experience.

Club Sponsors: Maxie Graham, Taylor Jemison, Christine Kennedy, Abriana Green

Planned Activities: Students will meet with empowering leaders to learn more about leadership and building positive relationships.

Who: 4th and 5th grade girls

When: Wednesday Mornings and Friday Afternoons according to scheduled dates

Affiliations: Benefield Boys II Men

Cost: $50

Club Description: Girls on the Run has fun, evidence-based programs that inspire participants to recognize their inner strength, increase their level of physical activity, imagine their possibilities, and confidently stand up for themselves and others.

Club Sponsors: Danielle Seeley-Parham, Ammee Robbins, Molly Harrington, Sydnee Worthy

Who: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, and 5th Grade Girls

When: Tuesday afternoons

Planned Activities:   Girls on the Run 5K

Affiliations:  Girls on the Run Atlanta

Cost: Sliding scale depending on family income

Club Description: Students will participate in a variety of sports, athletic skill stations, and athletic activities dependent upon their grade level.

Club Sponsors: Warren Kelson

Who: Students in grades K-5 are invited to participate, regardless of skill level; however, participation will be limited  per grade level.

When: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 7:30 a.m. according to schedule

Planned Activities: The students will participate in Basketball, Soccer, Floor Hockey, Badminton, Smash Ball, Whiffle Ball, Volleyball and Bowling.

Affiliations: none

Cost: $0

Club Description: The Kindness Squad is a school club (or family as we like to call it) that meets together to create acts of kindness for others. We come up with ideas about how we can spread kindness in our community and beyond and do those acts of kindness together to make the world a little brighter! 

Club Sponsors: Jessica Gaskin

Who: All grade levels K-5

When: Specific dates provided by Ms. Gaskin

Planned Activities: Projects that show acts of kindness to our community and beyond

Affiliations: none

Cost: $20

Club Description: The purpose of the club is to encourage creativity, problem-solving, innovation and teamwork through a wide range of fun and engaging challenges and games all based around the humble LEGO brick. We will be exploring aspects of Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) activities in our challenges. 

Club Sponsors: Molly Harrington and Courtney Butler

Who: Lego Club is open to 2nd and 3rd grade students. We will have a Fall and Spring Session. A lottery system will be used to select 20 students per session.

When: Every other Wednesday morning at 7:10-8:20 a.m.

Planned Activities: Students will have the opportunity to build and learn about simple machines, while also competing in Lego-related challenges. 

Affiliations: none

Cost: $20

Club Description:   To encourage students’ literacy development and build relationships with the local community

Club Sponsors: Maggie Stasko & Shaily Shah

Who: Kindergarten-5th Grade Students

When: Last Wednesday of every month, 7:30 a.m.

Planned Activities:  Practice reading and writing with purpose (read to shelter dogs/cats and retirement home residents, write letters to members of the military and nurses)

Affiliations:  Gwinnett Animal Shelter, Linwood Estates Gracious Retirement Living

Cost: $0

Club Description: The purpose of Math Club is to promote a love of mathematics, increase mental math skills, and show students how math is useful in everyday life. We hope not only to increase awareness of the variety of benefits that math has, but to promote interest amongst students for the creative aspects of problem-solving as well.  The Math Club is a place where STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) are encouraged through hands-on activities.

Club Sponsors: Nicole Scott

Who: 4th and 5th grade students

When: Every other Wednesday Mornings 7:30-8:20 a.m.

Planned Activities: Students will participate in challenging math activities that engage their brains and build their knowledge of mathematics!

Affiliations: None

Cost: $20

Club Description: The purpose of this organization shall be to recognize students for their outstanding academic achievement and demonstrated personal responsibility, to provide service to the school and community, and to develop leadership skills in the students of elementary schools.

Club Sponsors: Denise Henry and Tamara Mouton

Who: 4th and 5th grade students that have been selected through a nomination process

When:  One Thursday a Month in October, November, February and April

Planned Activities: Meetings and Community Service Projects, Annual Peer Leader Conference

Affiliations: National Elementary Honor Society

Cost: $17

Club Description: The purpose of Podcast Club is to learn, create, and collaborate with peers in order to produce podcast episodes. 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students are selected through an application process. 

Club Sponsors: Rachel Howard

Who: 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade students

When: Wednesday Mornings from 7:30-8:15 AM according to the schedule

Planned Activities: Students will write, record, edit, and produce podcast episodes based on student interests

Affiliations: none

Cost: $20

Club Description: FIRST LEGO League challenges kids in over 80 countries to think like scientists and engineers.  During the season, teams are given a FIRST LEGO League Challenge. The teams will choose and solve real-world problems in the project. They will also build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO technology to solve a set of missions in the Robot Game. 

Club Sponsors: Nakiea Barber

Who: Diverse group of 4th and 5th grade students

When: Specific dates provided by Ms. Barber

Planned Activities: First Lego League Competition

Affiliations: First Lego League

Cost: $35

Club Description:  The purpose of the School Safety Patrol is to remind students of the school safety rules and to guide them in safe arrival, dismissal, and movement through the building. It also provides students with the opportunity to strengthen their leadership skills by modeling how to be respectful, responsible, and ready.

Club Sponsors: Dina Tosto

Who: 5th Grade Students

When: Morning arrival and afternoon dismissal

Planned Activities: Safety Patrol members will help guide other students during critical parts of the day to move safely through the hallways. Members will be leaders within the school.

Affiliations: AAA

Cost: $0