On September 18th and 19th, Flint Hill held its annual club fair to kick off the 2025-2026 school year. The club fair took place in the Upper School’s Learning Commons, where each club had the opportunity to set up posters, sign-up sheets, and even displays to share with everyone what their club was about. All grades were able to attend.
This year, there were over forty active clubs. These clubs ranged from fan clubs to academic clubs, and also included clubs centered around a hobby. The original time period for the club fair was Thursday, September 18, during flex block. It was set up this way so that each grade could go to the fair for about twenty minutes and get a chance to look around. Then, by the time the flex block was over, every grade would have gotten to go. However, due to the number of active clubs this year, Friday, September 19th became an overflow date.
Many clubs had to go on a waitlist in order to secure a place for one of the days. Luckily, all the clubs that wanted to participate were able to do so during office hours on Friday. In addition to this, around five to ten clubs had to set up on the second floor of the Learning Commons because of how crowded the fair got at times.
As someone who has started a new club this year and had a booth at the club fair, I would say the fair was very successful, but I had a couple of struggles, too. I interviewed a couple of other clubs in order to see how other people felt it went.
A couple of students shared with me that one of the best aspects of the club fair was how many opportunities it created to meet new people. It was also an amazing time to find common interests with one another and make new friends. One student, who was an active club leader, told me that she “had the chance to talk to so many people in all grade levels about a hobby they both enjoyed that she would never have met.” Another success of the club fair was how excited
people were to attend. All grades look forward to joining new clubs each school year and collectively showed so much school spirit towards this Flint Hill tradition.
One challenge of the club fair was the crowdedness of the space at times. There were over a hundred students in the Learning Commons at a time, which led to some very tight spaces.
Another challenge was being a club that had to set up upstairs because people often forgot to check out the clubs upstairs as well as the clubs on the main level. Similarly, many fewer people attended the club fair on Friday because it was during office hours. Some students instead chose to work on homework, talk to teachers, or even simply felt that they had joined all the clubs they wanted to the day before.
Every club at the fair put so much effort into creating a booth to showcase their club. Lots of work is put into finding time to start a club they are passionate about, designing a poster, and telling others what their club is all about. It is equally challenging to be an active member in a club with a busy schedule. Nonetheless, being a part of a club is always such a fun and rewarding experience, and the club fair is a beloved Flint Hill event.
