List of 52 frequently asked questions.

• Academic Challenge

  Students participate in interscholastic competitions in academic subjects ranging from history, science and math to arts and literature.

• Anime Club

  Anime club meets semi regularly to watch Anime, discuss the art and story, and eat snacks together.

• Anderson Scholars Program

  The Anderson Scholars Program enables students to pursue a passion with structure, rigor and depth. Scholars concentrate in science or entrepreneurship.

• Astronomy Club

  This club is for students who have a passion for science and want to learn more about astronomy.

• Aurelian Society

  Members of the Aurelian Society assist with the identification, promotion and coordination of various community engagement opportunities in the Greater Cleveland area.

• Blockchain, Bitcoin, and Cryptocurrency

  This club discusses the origins, economics, politics and technological underpinnings of the brave new world of cryptocurrency.

• Book Club

  Students choose a book to read and meet quarterly for dinner and discussion.

• Business Book Club

  Students read a business book or packet of related articles and discuss the issues presented during a lunch meeting.

• Chess Club

  The Chess Club is designed for boys of any experience level to learn more about the strategies of how to play the game of chess.

• Culinary Club

  Let’s be frank, if you love cooking or eating, that is what we will be doing. 

• Davey Fellowships in Creative Writing

  Davey Fellowships enable boys of special literary promise to undertake extensive projects in fiction, drama and poetry writing.

• Entrepreneur Cup

  Participants in the Entrepreneur Cup competition develop an idea for a new business and create a plan to launch and build it. Students do not actually have to launch a business to enter or win the friendly competition.
   
  
  

• Film Society

  The film society promotes interest in film as a medium, meeting most Fridays after school to watch movies.

• Financial Literacy Club

  The Financial Literacy Club is open to any student interested in learning about different aspects of financial literacy including personal finance and investing. Topics are chosen based on members’ areas of interest. Students learn through guest speakers, group discussion and other resources.

• Future Problem-Solvers

  Future Problem-Solvers is an international competition in which students learn critical and creative thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making as they work in groups to investigate and imagine creative solutions to global problems.

• Great Lakes Sailing Adventure

  Students on this summer trip will experience a nineteenth-century maritime environment that makes living on board the U.S. Brig Niagara an education in itself. READ more.

• Investment Club

  Students actively participate in a simulated stock market competition, investing virtual money in the real stock market.

• The Island School

  Science Anderson Scholars candidates in tenth grade can snorkel, kayak, perform research and more in Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas during spring break. READ more.

• Life Act

  Students raise awareness of adolescent depression and suicide by educating their peers and encouraging at-risk students to seek help.

• LoPresti Philanthropic Board

  Students learn the institutional skills necessary for philanthropy, raise funds for their philanthropic goals, and solicit grants to help those in need. The emphasis is on helping underserved children in the Greater Cleveland area, with an emphasis on education.
  
  
  

• Mabian Yearbook

  Students produce the school yearbook, which has been published every year since 1919.

• Math Team

  Math team meets weekly to practice for and participate in math competitions.

• Mock Trial

  Students in Mock Trial practice for and participate in this statewide organization that helps students learn about the United States trial system.

• Multicultural Organization (MCO)

  The MCO is an umbrella organization that promotes interest in and provides information about the diverse cultures represented in our school. Affinity groups include Asian Platform, Fellowship of Christians at US, Gay Straight Alliance, Italian Club, L'Chaim Society, Middle Eastern Platform, and Pembroke Society.

• One Love

  One Love is a national organization that strives to educate young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships and galvanizing them as leaders of change. 

   

• Outdoor Adventure Club

  Outdoor Adventure Club meets in the campus rock climbing room and takes excursions to local parks for a variety of outdoor pursuits that vary depending on the season.

• Outdoor Projects

  Students work on a nature trail, a full-fledged fish hatchery, a trout farm, a maple-syrup industry or several foresting and erosion control projects.

• PenOhio Club

  PenOhio is a competition in writing for students who love to write. In regional and state tournaments, students write in response to prompts and under time limits for awards for the best creative stories.

• Philosophy Club

  Philosophy Club serves as a forum for students interested in reading, debating, and learning about various schools of thought from Rationalism to Existentialism and beyond.

• Photography Club

  The Photography Club introduces photo basics to new photographers, helps experienced photographers explore their interests, teaches photo editing on Adobe software, and, above all, inspires its members to photograph for fun.

• The Record

  The Record showcases students’ creative writing and original artwork.

• Robotics Team

  Boys will compete in the FIRST Tech Challenge, where they design, build, and program their robot in a 10-week build period to compete in an alliance format against other teams.

• Rocketry Club

  Boys compete in TARC, a national rocketry contest sponsored by major AeroSpace firms to promote engineering and science career paths. Students also will work on their own rocketry projects throughout the year.

• Science Research

  Science Research romotes interest in science through participation in local and state-wide competition.

• Ski Club

  US boys are joined by girls from Hathaway Brown and Laurel Schools to ski at Boston Mills every Friday in January and February.

• Society of Skeptics

  An open, organized, and intelligent lunch-time forum of students and teachers to discuss and debate a topic of relevance. Any member of the US community can attend on a meeting-to-meeting basis. 

• Speech and Debate

  Members of Speech and Debate develop their oratorical and analytical skills and compete against students from other schools.

• Stock Market Challenge

  Student teams receive a virtual $100,000 and simulate managing a portfolio by buying and selling stocks at real-time prices.

• Strnad Fellowships

  Strnad Fellowships include yearlong projects of significant original research that are presented to the student body at the end of the senior year.

• Student Discipline Committee

  Elected representatives from every class advise the administration on disciplinary matters and help educate the student body on the school’s Code of Conduct.

• Student Event Committee

  A selected group of 10th-12th grade students who help plan and execute all of the school’s student events, including the Homecoming Dance, a winter performance show, and Prom.

• Student Investment Committee

  A select group of nine students manage, with real money, a significant portfolio of stocks and bonds based on University School’s endowment investment guidelines. Over its 10-year existence, the students have beaten the overall endowment’s return!

• Student Life Research Committee

  Coming soon!

• Table Tennis

  The Table Tennis Club promotes the introduction and development of table tennis as a recreational sport.

• Theatre

  The Theatre Department presents a fall play in November and a spring musical in May. Accommodations are made for athletes and local high school girls to participate. US students can also be part of the Booth/Tech Crew.

• Ultimate Frisbee Club

  Whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced veteran, come play organized games of Ultimate during and after the school day.

• US News

  Students produce the US News, the oldest school newspaper in Ohio, which is published online once a month.

• US Pitch Cup

  US Pitch Cup participants formulate a business idea, produce a 60-90 second elevator pitch video, and submit it online. The competition culminates with a live presentation before a panel of judges. Prizes will be awarded to the top three pitches.

• University Sports Programming Network (USPN)

  An online streaming platform for sports games allows students to produce, direct and serve as on-air commentators for US athletic contests.

• Writing Forum

  Writing Forum is a monthly writing workshop for all students interested in writing. Each month students meet after school, write creatively in response to prompts, share their work with each other, and discuss writing and creativity.

• Yoga

  This club meets to practice power vinyasa (flow). It is meditation in motion – while building strength, emphasizing balance, and lengthening muscles for greater range of motion.

   

• Young Entrepreneur Institute

  Students discover and explore their passion for business through a wide range of activities. READ more.