Mission Statement: Our club serves as a safe space where students can engage meaningfully and frankly on current issues or topics related to equity and inclusion (EI). We promote mutual respect and understanding about E&I topics relative to the greater Red Knight student community and our greater society. The goal of Building Bridges is to create an expressive multicultural/multi-identity student forum to facilitate critical conversations and collaborate; enhancing levels of human understanding through deep dives at societal issues that separate us. All students are encouraged and welcome to participate.

Mission Statement: The mission of the Harry Potter Club is to promote the positive themes reflected throughout the Harry Potter series, including the importance of friendship, the belief in good prevailing over evil, and the idea that love can conquer all. While our meetings are dedicated primarily to the wizarding world of Harry Potter, we welcome fans of all fictional universes.

Club Activities:

• Once-per-cycle meetings.

Mission Statement: The Marvel club is a space for everyone to have fun, regardless of background or other interests. Like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we are stronger when we are interconnected and show up for one another. Together, we can unify over our shared interest of the MCU and build relationships with other grade levels, using the Marvel heroes as examples of fortitude, prudence, temperance, and justice.

Mission Statement: Our members' goal is to preserve, implement, and promote the original mission of the school: to follow the example of Jesus, the Incarnate Word, by promoting human dignity; and by empowering themselves and others to make a positive impact on our world. This group exists, led by its members, called "Sparks," to be positive role models for the IWA Community and to encourage others to embrace and share the mission.

Club Activities:

• A main responsibility is for this Committee to publicly recognize students, faculty, or staff members who demonstrate the mission of Jesus as practiced at IWA. This is done through the Mission Model program, initiated in 2008, motivating students and adults to live the Mission or Core Beliefs of IWA. Members observe students and adults and submit nomination forms, available to everyone at IWA, to the Committee. These are discussed at our monthly meetings, the first F day of each month, mods 3 + 4, and are screened by our Administration. If approved, these five people are recognized at our monthly liturgy or assembly. Their pictures are posted in the cafeteria; letters are sent to the Mission Models' parents, grandparents, pastors or ministers, and former grade school principals.
• Near the anniversary of the founding of IWA, Sept. 6, two Sparks represent Bishop Claude Dubuis, our Sisters' founder, and Mother Peter Nolasco Keenan, CCVI, IWA's first Principal, by wearing the traditional clothing and reading a brief history at our Sept. Mass.
• Every year we hold a Tootsie Roll Drive, to assist the Knights of Columbus in their programs to help persons who have developmental disabilities. We sponsor a blanket drive to help Energy Care provide warmth for their clients. Several times a year we work with Energy Care to weatherize the homes of persons in need. We volunteer at St. Louis Area Foodbank a few Saturdays a year. We participate in the World Food Day High School Rally, having a dress down day to raise funds and then to help package the food for local & global communities. Our Committee does various activities at IWA's annual Mission Carnival held during Mission Week to benefit a specific group of people each year. We help plan ways to celebrate Incarnate Word feast day in March.

Mission Statement: The mission of the Incarnate Word Academy chapter of NHS is to recognize and foster enthusiasm for scholarship, to promote the development of strong character, to encourage positive leadership, and to cultivate responsible citizenship through service to school and community. These four principles shape the organization’s activities and are reflected in the members’ responsibilities.

Club Activities:

• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Light the Night.
• Feminine Hygiene Product Drive.
• Teacher Appreciation gifts and events.
• Holiday Card Drive.
• IWA Student Tutoring.
• Bi-weekly Meetings.
• Service hour requirements per semester.

Mission Statement: The mission of the Philanthropy club is to bring awareness to the conditions of world that we live in and the people around us. We strive to create change in our hearts and minds that will benefit humanity and support dignity for all. Members organize and participate in different events to raise money for different organizations in the St. Louis Community.

Club Activities:

• Once-per-cycle meetings.
• We usually participate in a walk every year that we can, projects within the club for organizations (i.e. picture frames for NICU families through March of Dimes, making blankets for the Blanket Drive, help organize Christmas Drive.)
• Salvation Army Bell Ringers

Mission Statement: The Photography Club has a two-fold mission: first, to be the primary group of non-yearbook students who are responsible for taking photos that will be used by the school yearbook, and second, to enable club members to improve their creative photography range through learning more about camera functions and options and experimenting with photography principles and techniques.

Club Activities:

• Field Trip to Forest Park in the spring
• Internal Club Photo Contest each cycle
• School-wide Photo Contest in the spring

Mission Statement: The Incarnate Word Respect Life Club seeks to promote the inherent dignity of all human life beginning at the moment of conception and continuing through natural death. To accomplish this mission we:

• Create opportunities of prayer for those in most need. (Prayer)
• Seek to educate and build awareness of life issues. (Education)
• Support and serve the vulnerable in our community. (Service and Community)
• Participate in rallies, vigils, and marches that uphold the dignity of human life. (Social Justice)

Club Activities:

• Service for various organizations
• Field trips and prayer vigils for life
• March for Life (Washington D.C)
• Raise awareness on campus

Mission Statement: The mission of the IWA Science club is to recruit, support, nurture, and promote students with an interest in the sciences for personal reasons, academic preparation, the betterment of society, and career opportunities by providing guidance, resources, and activities to meet these goals.

Club Activities:

• To accomplish our mission, we will focus on preparing for and successfully competing in science competitions such as the St. Louis Regional Envirothon and the Trebuchet competition hosted by Lewis and Clark College. Our goal is to improve our standings in these competitions.
• Within our cycle meetings, we will also strive to advance our understanding of different sciences through presentations prepared by the members. These presentations will cover a variety of topics including astronomy, biology, chemistry, medicine, and robotics. Our goal is to raise awareness to different fields of study not offered here at IWA.
• Finally, by celebrating such events as Pi day, Mole day and sponsoring a booth at the Mission Week Carnival, we will inspire an interest in the sciences.

Mission Statement: The Incarnate Word Academic Spanish Club's mission is to provide exposure to the Hispanic culture, promote cultural diversity among its members, and create awareness or sensitivity to cultural differences in the school setting and the broader community.

The Spanish Club brings students together with their classmates to learn more about Hispanic culture and customs

The objectives of the Spanish Club are to recognize cultural values, practices, and heritage of the Spanish-speaking foreign country or countries; and to develop disposition and cognitive strategies to become lifelong learners of other languages and cultures.

Club Activities:

• Students participate in various events and activities, which have included making crafts, a Spanish Mass, cooking and food tasting, learning Latin dances, singing Spanish songs, visits to museums, dinner at local restaurants, playing games, and enjoying a typical Spanish snack while watching films.
• Students also become familiar with different holidays and celebrations like the Hispanic Heritage Month, El Dia de Los Muertos, Navidad, and el Cinco de Mayo.
• Our club members can meet and interact with other Spanish people and exchange ideas with Spanish-speaking students worldwide through video conferences.
• The Spanish Club also participates in the National Foreign Language Week and participates in various other events throughout the year.
• Every year, we plan to have many exciting activities such as fundraisers, volunteering at local Spanish organizations, interviews, and parties.
• At the Spanish Club, we have a great time learning and celebrating Hispanic Culture. We meet once a cycle, and everyone is welcome to learn and have fun with us!

Mission Statement: The mission of the Student Ambassador program is to engage a group of enthusiastic sophomores, juniors and seniors who are dedicated to the positive promotion of Incarnate Word Academy. They work on a volunteer basis to serve as liaisons between IWA and prospective students, alumnae, parents, and friends. These students are selected for service in this organization based on their leadership skills and demonstrated school spirit. They receive training in the communication and interpersonal skills necessary to become an effective Student Ambassador.

Mission Statement: Student Council at Incarnate Word Academy is a community that implements the values of leadership, unity, and service into their personal and academic lives. Student Council is committed to empowering the ideas of these values to all members of Incarnate Word Academy by setting examples of what it means to be a Woman of the Word through their enthusiastic school spirit.

Mission Statement: Incarnate Word Academy’s Thespian Troupe #1735 helps young women use their God given potential to foster leadership skills and interpersonal relationships by honoring student achievement in theatre and enriching their theatre education experience. This club exists to provide an enriching theatre experience for high school students. It is meant to honor the hard work and dedication, while celebrating individual talent.

Background Information: The International Thespian Society (ITS), founded in 1929, is an honorary organization for high school and middle school theatre students located at more than 4,900 affiliated secondary schools across America and abroad. The mission of ITS is to honor student achievement in the theatre arts. ITS is a division of the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA).

The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) is a national nonprofit organization with more than 135,000 student and professional members. EdTA’s mission is shaping lives through theatre education by: honoring student achievement in theatre and enriching their theatre education experience; supporting teachers by providing professional development, networking opportunities, resources, and recognition; and influencing public opinion that theatre education is essential and builds life skills. EdTA operates the International Thespian Society (ITS), an honorary organization that has inducted more than 2.3 million theatre students since its founding in 1929.

Club Activities:

• Once-a-cycle meetings, sometimes more during Induction prep
• Fundraisers for field trips
• Seeing productions together at other schools and at venues such as: The Fox, Stages St. Louis, The Rep or MUNY.

Mission Statement: The mission of Voices uKnighted is to embody two main core beliefs of IWA: to promote human dignity and to make a positive impact on our student community and the world. Students are committed to cultivating an inclusive and harmonious environment where all Red Knights feel welcome and respected. Our goal is to implement the DEI mission into all of our meetings, campus events and community outreach. All Executive Team members are selected and trained in the areas of interpersonal and intercultural communication skills, multiculturalism, and can facilitate critical conversations on topics related to diversity and belonging.

Mission Statement: In order to spread encouragement, support or thanks to one another, students, faculty, and staff send Warm Fuzzy notes (a long-standing tradition at IWA since 1980.) The mission of the Warm Fuzzy Club is to spread appreciation and thankfulness throughout the IWA community and to foster a lifestyle of gratitude. The annual goal of the club is to ensure each person in the IWA community receives at least one Warm Fuzzy by the end of the school year.

Club Activities:

• Internal Club contests regarding Warm Fuzzy writing each quarter

Mission Statement: The mission of Yearbook Club is to develop the students' understanding of journalism principles, to improve the students' writing and photography skills, and to work in tandem with the students in the Yearbook Production class in the creation of the annual school yearbook.

Club Activities:

• Yearbook Distribution Day in the fall
• Josten's Yearbook Workshop in the fall
• Josten's Yearbook Workshop in the fall
• Annual Christmas Party
• Writing special Yearbook Warm Fuzzies to all students who purchase a yearbook

Mission Statement: The mission of Yoga Club is to promote wellness of the mind, body, and spirit through physical yoga postures, mindfulness, and guided meditation. Yoga is a much-needed respite from the chaos of our modern, busy lives. Each club meeting will include a yoga practice or guided meditation led by the club president or moderator. We will dim the lights, kick off our shoes, and enjoy the beauty and serenity that is Yoga.

Club Activities:

• We meet once a cycle in the gym during lunch mods for our group yoga practice.