West Mesquite High School

Katy Bennett and Melinda Evans; meets Wednesdays after school.

Art Club: 

• Keli Weeks Sponsor and Kevin Owens
• Meets every other Wednesday, 4-5 pm, V102. 

Fall semester meeting dates:

• Sept. 20^th
• Oct. 4^th
• Oct. 25
• Nov. 8
• Nov. 29
• Dec. 13

Spring semester meeting dates:

• Jan. 17
• Jan. 31
• Feb. 1
• Feb. 28
• Mar. 20
• Apr. 3
• Apr. 17
• May 1
• May 15

Fall Field Trip date:

• December 14

All students are welcome to join the Art Club meetings to create art and learn new skills. 

Art Club members will be involved in volunteer events on campus and at various elementary and middle schools. These include, but are not limited to, Hispanic Heritage Month, Galloway Fall Festival, Halloween Bash, Winter art show, Winter celebration, VASE competition, Black History Month, Art on the West Side Vertical Show, Funtastic Art Field Day, Empty Bowls night, Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage night, Spring celebration. They will also receive an Art Club Shirt and admission to the fall field trip, for paid membership (one time fee of $30).

AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination):

• Patricia Contreras - AVID Coordinator, 9th grade AVID, Room A213
• Anissa Whetstine - 10th grade AVID
• Claire Norris - 11th grade AVID
• Yokabel Rodriguez - 12th grade AVID

There are no regular meetings outside of AVID elective classes.

Applications will be accepted in the spring for the 24-25 school year. 

Business Professionals of America (BPA)

• Business Professionals of America (BPA)
• Claire Norris & Belinda Scott; meets every other week starting September, 26th.

Emerging Leaders: 

• Alyssa Boyett and
• Yeeun Jeon

Fall semester meeting dates:

• 10/02
• 10/16
• 10/30
• 11/13
• 11/27
• 12/11
• All on Mondays after school 

Make an impact with us in our community and grow as empathetic, effective, and resourceful leaders! Some events we do together: making cards for children in hospitals, district socials with all 6 high schools of MISD, Halloween bash, Valentine’s Day hearts around the school, volunteering, and yearly district competition!

Jonathan Hart and Adam Tarver

Students compete with other schools in the state in video games through the TexSEF league. Schedule depends on the game/team students are in:

• Monday 4:00-5:00 - Super Smash Bros. and Street Fighter
• Tuesday 4:00-6:00 - Overwatch, Fortnite, and MarioKart
• Wednesday 4:00-5:00 - Club Meeting/Free play
• Thursday 4:00-6:00 - Rocket League, Chess, Apex Legends, and Valorant

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)

We have two chapters. 

• FCCLA - Hospitality REGAN AND WOOD ARE CO-SPONSORS
• FCCLA - ORANGE - BANE AND ROGERS ARE CO-SPONSORS

YOU MUST BE CURRENTLY IN AN FCS CLASS TO JOIN.

Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC)

There are many opportunities in JROTC for leadership, service to our school, community, and nation, scholastic achievement, and most of all - fun! More information about the JROTC program at West Mesquite High School can be found by visiting their external website WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL JROTC.

For more information about the WMHS JROTC program, contact:

Senior Army Instructor

• Colonel James McGrory
• 972-882-7679

Army Instructor

• First Sergeant Carolyn Suazo
• 972-882-7640

Army Instructor

• Sergeant First Class Lee Ferrell
• 972-882-6138

Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB)

A spoken word poetry club open to any student who wants to use their voice and words to share their truth with the world. 

• Emily Cornelius D203
• Corey Sapp D205
• Meets Thursday from 4:00-5:00 in D203

National Honor Society (NHS)

Voula Stephanou A205

Applications will be accepted at the end of the school year for the following year. 

No regularly scheduled meetings.

PAL (Peer Assistance and Leadership): Patricia Contreras - PAL Coordinator, Room A213

There are no regular meetings outside of PAL elective classes.

Applications will be accepted in the spring for the 24-25 school year. Juniors and Seniors only

WMHS Girls Club is an organization that strives to encourage and empower our girls to embrace leadership, positive relationships, and service to our community and campus.

For more information contact: Colleen Duke

Student Council (STUCO)

• Stephanie Dodson
• Kayleigh Davis

Student Council is an opportunity for students to find their voice as a leader while helping run different events on campus. Some activities include Homecoming pep rally, Homecoming crowning, dress-up days, organize the Halloween Bash, Blood Drives, Senior pep rally, fall conference, spring conference, state conference. We work alongside other councils within the district as well as other districts. 

Meetings every other Thursday in Room A209

• 9/28
• 10/19
• 10/26

Contact April Floyd for more information.

The Texas Association of Future Educators or TAFE (pronounced "taffy") is a co-curricular statewide non-profit (501 c3) student organization created to allow young men and women an opportunity to explore the teaching profession. The organization was created in 1984 to provide the best and brightest high school and middle school students in Texas with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions about pursuing careers in education.

Sponsors:

• Melissa Wood

Yearbook

Students must complete a year of journalism and/or photojournalism and have adviser approval to join. Applications open up in the spring.

•  *Exceptions regarding prerequisites are made on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the adviser.

Class meets during 8B

Austin Ferguson

D201