Clubs & Activities

Academic World Quest is high school competition on US and world affairs sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Hilton Head Island. Our team of 4 or 5 will compete against local public and private high schools for a chance to compete at the national competition. By participating in AWQ, students could attend a World Affairs Council meeting to hear a nationally known speaker on some current world or national topic.

The competition requires team members to choose from ten topics to divide up the study material among themselves. They then become the expert on their topics. The team will compete in a mock competition prior to the actual event. On district competition day, the team will field ten multiple choice questions per topic working together to choose the answers. The team with the most correct answers wins the trip to the national competition in Washington D.C. all expenses paid.
 

The John Paul II Acts29 Peer Ministry Team strives to develop strong Catholic leaders and Christian disciples to serve in the various components of our Middle and High School Campus Ministry. These specifically chosen Peer Ministers, who exhibit a willingness to serve, lead, and support their peers, will develop a deeper relationship with God, a stronger Catholic identity, and a clearer understanding of their place of importance in the community. Through a wide variety of ministry roles, Acts29 Peer Ministers will help lead their fellow teens to a life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ.

With our call to discipleship as its cornerstone, Acts29 Peer Ministry is a prime opportunity for all youth to foster their servant leadership potential, build community, and seek out the many ways they can serve as disciples of Christ. Through training and first-hand experience, they will grow a heart for service, learn leadership skills, improve their prayer life, and become an active voice in the church.
We chose the name Acts29 because the Acts of the Apostles contains 28 chapters, and our desire and our prayer is that we will write the next chapter as we build the Kingdom of God one Disciple at a time here at John Paul II…Join us on this journey and let’s encounter Jesus Christ in a deeper way!

Students will sing at weekly masses, occasional concerts, and perform in the annual SCISA Music Festival. No prior singing experience is necessary. Choir will meet during DOCS every Tuesday. The JPII Liturgical Choir currently has 20+ members! Choir Members will earn points for their house, service hours, and contribute to JPII's incredible faith formation.

DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. DECA’s comprehensive learning program, which includes DECA’s competitive events, emerging leader series, online challenges and more, will engage and motivate students in unparalleled ways. As a result of participating in DECA, members become academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible, experienced leaders.

The JPII DECA Club began in the 2020-2021 school year. DECA’s flagship evaluation process involves students in both a written component such as an exam or report and an interactive component with an industry professional serving as a judge. In JPII's first year, all our members placed in the top 10 for their events at the region competition. In JPII's first state competition, we had a student finish in first place! This qualified him to compete in the International Career Development Conference (ICDC). We are excited to see the continued success as we grow JPII DECA!

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) touches millions of lives…one heart at a time! At JPII our students provide a powerful platform to make FCA Huddles fun, exciting, competitive, and thought-provoking.

FCA focuses on serving our school community by engaging, equipping, and empowering to unite, inspire and change the world through the gospel.

This club will interest any student who enjoys observing and learning about nature, particularly birds. Students who enjoy art can tutor others in nature sketching, those who enjoy photography can document birds observed with their cameras. Students who like technology can count species with tech apps such as eBird and iNaturalist. For those who just enjoy being outdoors observing nature, we're the club for you too. If you have a birding field guide and/ or binoculars, they would be helpful tools.

Our mission:
As young birders, we will grow in our understanding of birds, their behaviors, habitats, and migration patterns, and learn what we can do to support them.

We will use the JPII Shield Core Values as a foundation for our activities.
Service in support of our natural environment
High Expectations to learn each day
Innovation using technology to learn more about birds and nature
Excellence in everything we do
Leadership in carrying out our goals
Discipleship to follow Christ in all we do
Our mission:
As young birders, we will grow in our understanding of birds, their behaviors, habitats, and migration patterns, and learn what we can do to support them.
We will use the JPII Shield Core Values as a foundation for our activities.
S ervice in support of our natural environment
H igh Expectations to learn each day
I nnovation using technology to learn more about birds and nature
E xcellence in everything we do
L eadership in carrying out our goals
D iscipleship to follow Christ in all we do

The club is designed to prepare students to compete in the Model UN conference each year. Students represent various countries around the globe debating issues of the day.

Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an extra-curricular activity in which students typically role play delegates to the United Nations and simulate UN committees. Students will have the opportunity to discuss and debate the current issues of the day from the perspective of their assigned country. This activity takes place at MUN conferences, which in our case is in Statesboro, GA in February. (Open to high school students.)

This past year, 12 students were inducted into the JPII Chapter of the National Honor Society and three students into the Junior 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 school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS and NJHS serves to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character.

To become a member of NHS, a student must demonstrate exceptional academic achievement by maintaining a GPA of 4.0. A NJHS membership requires a minimum grade average of 93% and adds the core value of citizenship.

Membership in NHS does not end with induction, that is only the beginning. Students are expected to be role models for others, commit to community service, maintain their GPA, and provide Christian leadership in their school and community.

Quiz Bowl is a game in which two teams compete head-to-head to answer questions from all areas of knowledge, including history, literature, science, fine arts, current events, popular culture, sports, and more. There are also tournaments for individual players rather than teams. John Paul II has both a middle school and high school team and competes in the fall with SCISA.

Moderators: Cadra Rooney & Rebekah Kane

VEX robotics leverages the “coolness” of robotics, and the excitement of head-to-head competition to inspire and engage students. Students will work on teams to design and build a mobile robot to play a sport-like game in the largest and fastest growing international robotics competition for middle and high school students. During this process they will learn key STEM principles, and robotics concepts. By moving students through an actual engineering project, students quickly understand the relevance of what they are learning. No prior robotics experience is required; teams consist of builders, programmers, notebook development, and drivers. JPII S.H.I.E.L.D. Robotics team members are expected to attend scheduled VEX robotics competitions (these competitions vary throughout the season and will be on Saturdays). Fundraising efforts and travel may be required.  

As the student governing organization of the school, the mission of Student Leadership Council is to lead through service.  Student leadership helps share students' ideas, interests, and concerns with teachers and school principals and helps oversee schoolwide House events and other activities such as Friendsgiving.
 

Warriors for Life is a student ministry that celebrates life in all its forms, from conception to natural death. We are a group of JPII students who embrace the teaching of the Catholic Church that all life is given by God and has dignity. We seek out opportunities both in our school community and beyond to promote and embrace the gift of life. 
  

esports is an innovative new program that gives students an opportunity to experience many different aspects of competitive gaming. Students get first-hand experience with planning, marketing, event planning, management, and IT while planning an E-sports event.