This year’s club fair was held on Sept. 22 on the grass outside the Athey Academic Center. It featured over 50 clubs, many of which are newly established clubs. There were many new interest clubs, such as the International Cooking Club, Computer Science Club, Hill School Book Club and many more.
The Hill Dance Company and $$ Growth Club are just two of the clubs attempting to make their mark on The Hill community.
Hill Dance Company
One of the new clubs this year is the Hill Dance Company, founded and run by 6th former Mao Motoyoshi ’24. Hill Dance Company plans to perform at the half-time of sporting events. They might also collaborate with the Ellis Theatre Guild for their winter production “Prom.” Motoyoshi ultimately wishes is to collaborate with other clubs and dance at fundraisers.
The club’s main goal is to integrate dance into being “one of the factors that increases school spirit”. Though the school offers term courses on dance, Motoyoshi wanted to share the joys of the activity across Hill.
“I decided to start this club because I love dance and Hill has a lot of people who want to be in cheer even some who graduated but there was never an opportunity for dancers to cheer,” Motoyoshi said. “I was also passionate about creating a company and being more active, especially since it is my last year.”
Through this club, Motoyoshi wants to make dance more seen in the community and hopes to “collect more interest in dance and increase the number of advanced dancers on campus.”
“It is a really exciting thing for me to think about,” Motoyoshi concluded.
$$ Growth Club
Another new club this year is $$ Growth Club, which was founded by 5th former Coco Li ’25 and Sophia Xuan ’25. The $$ Growth Club goal is to prepare its members for the Yale SOM Stock Trading Competition.
“Specifically, we will start the year off by introducing our members to the basics of stocks through the use of stock simulators,” Xuan explained. “By creating and playing games in the stock simulator, members will be able to gain a rounder knowledge about stocks. Later on in the year, members will get the chance to compete in actual economic competitions related to stocks and marketing.”
Their core mission is to “provide students interested in economics, particularly the stock market, a platform to pursue their passion and an opportunity to communicate opinions on various economic problems.” Xuan and Li want to bring together students who share interest in finance and economics through the creation of this club. They hope that the club would give members an “opportunity to touch on the basics of stocks before handling real investments,” as well as wanting “to encourage students to delve deep into the world of finance and not be afraid of taking risks.”
The club’s biggest goal is to help students learn stocks in a “fun way” instead of reading through textbooks, or self-learning. They plan to build investment games for members to play, and hopefully through the process will gain financial literacy. The leaders of the club hope for “members to gain experience through actual competitions; so that they can actively participate in the realm of stocks and enjoy the experience together.”
“We want to use this club to find students who are deeply interested in economics, and eventually build a group to attend competitions,” Xuan said.
