Art Club
The Art Club is open to all students. Students will get to work with a variety of different mediums. It is a great club for students looking to get an extra art experience!

B.B.S (BMX, Boards & Scooters)
This club provides students who are interested in BMX, scootering or skateboarding, the opportunity to meet with peers that share their interests, as well as extend their knowledge of and experience in the sports. The group will also try to increase awareness and understanding of these sports within the surrounding communities.

Buddies Program
Students work with fellow Salk students whose developmental disabilities make it difficult for them in socialization.

Builders Club
This is the middle school affiliate of Kiwanis International. Members facilitate many ongoing and seasonal community service projects.

Chamber Choir
Students must audition to participate in this performance based club. The members practice challenging music that will be performed at the school concerts.

Chess Club
Students learn the game of chess from each other as well as the advisor. The club members range from beginners to advanced chess players.

Communications Club
Students participate daily doing “on-air” broadcasts over the P.A. system.

Computer Club
This club is for students who need a place to work on a computer related project for school. Students seeking help with computers will also receive assistance.

Cooking Club
Students learn the basics of cooking and baking, following recipes and kitchen safety.

Dominos Club
Students learn higher level thinking and problem solving skills through the game of dominoes. The students will also be participating in competitions.

Drama Club
A performance based club where the students learn all aspects of producing and performing in a play. The culminating activity is the annual musical production. They also are a major part of the annual Salk Talent Show.

Foreign Language Club
The purpose of this club is to promote and teach students about the different cultural celebrations, traditions and languages through hands on activities.

Future Teachers of America
The Future Teachers of America enjoys activities that include the beautification of the Salk Courtyard, participation at the school dances, preparing care packages for our Troops, designing bulletin boards, and classroom activities. Objective is to interest students in the field of education. The club is affiliated with Phi Delta Kappa.

G.O./Class Advisors
Responsible for organizing school events including charities, dances, food drives and class field trips.

Homework Help
A quiet, supervised study area is provided for students after school. They may receive assistance in their studies from the advisor as well as National Junior Honor Society members who volunteer their time.

Jazz Band
In this club, students will be exposed to a different musical genre and they will grow musically.

Junior Leaders
A group of 8th grade students selected by staff to be trained to help mentor 6th grade students and assist in spreading positive messages in the school.

Math Olympiads
Students compete monthly in competitions. Weekly meetings focus on preparation for competition.

Moviemaker/Salk TV News
Students film Salk events, edit film in the Moviemaker program and produce a TV News program. This news program will be televised on the district site and within the school. Additionally, students create their own topic movies using pictures and sounds found on the web.

Multi-cultural Club
Introduces club members to the varied cultures that are represented in our school.

National Junior Honor Society
Members maintain a 92% grade point average while participating in community service activities in order to uphold the precepts of the society.

Newspaper Club
Students work to create the Salk newspaper while learning reporting, observation and creative writing skills.

Peer Tutoring Club
The Peer Tutoring Club consists of 7th and 8th grade students who tutor Salk students in Math, English, Social Studies, Science, or Foreign Language. Tutors teach students new study skills and help them reach their academic goals while earning community service hours.

Science Clubs
The purpose of the Science Clubs is to explore areas of learning in the sciences through experimentation, using higher level thinking skills and strategies. At the meetings, hands on activities are performed by the students to help reinforce material from class or other science interests.

Scrabble Club
To enrich English Language Arts and Math skills through the game of Scrabble. Vocabulary and spelling development are enriched as are higher level strategy skills.

Sound and Lighting Crew
Provides a stage crew for all Salk performance activities. Students learn how to operate and stage equipment (i.e. microphones, spotlights, curtains and sets).

Stock Market Club
Students work in teams to buy and sell stocks as part of the National Stock Market Game. Team scoring is generated and top scoring teams are awarded prizes.

String Ensemble
Students will have to opportunity to grow musically and have extra practice.

Terrific Kids
The Terrific Kids Program is a community service program designed to recognize students for the community service projects they do outside of school. Students are encouraged to engage in community service activities. A running log of services performed is updated by the student and given to Mr. Martin at the end of the quarter.

Tri-M Music Honor Society
A nationally recognized performance honor society. Students chosen based on academics and musicianship.

Yearbook Club
Students get to actively participate in the creation of Jonas Salk's Yearbook. Students will be involved in a variety of activities from picking yearbook themes, taking pictures, as well as contributing to the creation of different pages that will give the yearbook a unique design that will be representative of the student body.