Clubs and Activities

CMS Eco-Squad     Advisors: Catherine Ferreri and Jo Fasciolo

The goal of this club is to reduce CMS’s carbon footprint. The CMS Eco Squad will employ a variety of approaches to raise awareness and activate our school community. The students and advisors will educate students on what they could be doing to help reduce our carbon footprint.

Grades 6, 7, and 8  No application required, no costs

Meets Before school Thursday mornings from 8:00- 8:25 in room 222.

Please email cferreri@westportps.org or jfasciolo@westportps.org for more information.

Coleytown Spirit and Leadership Board 
Advisors:  Janna Sirowich, Jamar Greene, Lauren Pitocco, Sarah Webster and Alli Beggs

Coleytown Spirit and Leadership Board and is open to all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. This club is for students who want to work together with students from ALL grades to promote school spirit and service. Coleytown Spirit and Leadership Board meets at least once per month to create and coordinate many activities, such as school-wide spirit days, fundraisers, and drives to raise money & collect items for local and national charities as well as coordinate events like an end-of-the-year talent show.

CTV
Advisor:  Rob Rogers

Each day begins with a live broadcast from CTV into each homeroom throughout the school. In the studio, students work together to deliver important announcements, highlight school activities, and report the forecast, lunch choices, and birthdays. Students work both behind, and in front of, the cameras. Videos presented on the show may feature a school event, and are often created and submitted by students. The morning news helps to keep our school community connected and informed.

The Colt School Newspaper     
Advisor:  Ms. Socha & Ms. Jarret

The Colt is a "Green Friendly" online newspaper written for students, by students and features local, national, and international news that our members find relevant for their peers to be informed about. The club members include writers, editors, photographers, and a cartoonist. Meetings will be held on Wednesdays after school from 3:15 to 4:15 in the LMC or in room 131.

Creative Writing Club
Adviser: Emily Diggs ediggs@westportps.org

Math Counts
Advisor: Caroline Schweyer

The Math Enrichment Club is designed for students in grades 6 through 8 interested in challenging math problems and exploring a variety of engaging activities. Participants will learn about Fractals, Pascal's Triangle, Fibonacci Sequence, MathCounts, and more.

For additional information about MathCounts visit http://www.mathcounts.org/

Media Club
Advisor:  Rob Rogers

Media Club is a team that aims to produce multi-media to the masses (via CTV)! Activities and projects may include Photoshop, image editing, digital photography, and video recording and editing. In addition, members create graphics, animation, videos, and games too!

Music

Chamber Orchestra - Director: Mrs. Stewart Students interested in practicing, performing and dedicating themselves to the betterment of this performing group are encouraged to audition for the CMS Chamber Orchestra.

Wind Ensemble - Director: Mr. DiLoreto
The CMS wind ensemble is an extracurricular activity that provides students the opportunity to experience traditional wind ensemble literature in a small concert band setting.

Jazz Band - Director: Mr. DiLoreto
The Jazz Band is an extracurricular music performing group that provides students the opportunity to experience traditional jazz literature in a small ensemble setting.

Camerata - Director: Mr. Phillips
Camerata is CMS's elite choral ensemble. Any student who is part of a music ensemble is allowed to audition for this group. The membership of the group will include primarily 7th and 8th students. Exceptional 6th grade students will also be considered. Everyone is encouraged to audition For more information including the schedule, audition times, and other various pieces of information, feel free to reach out to Mr. Phillips directly at jphillips@westportps.org

No Place for Hate
Advisor: Faith Sweeney

Photo Club
Advisor:  Denise Cuccia

Open to all grades (max 10 students- cameras will be provided). Additional students who bring their own Digital SLR (and manual) will also be admitted (up to 5). Students will become more familiar with the technical aspects of a SLR camera and how to operate it, construct photographs with an artful composition in mind, and learn how to upload their images while utilizing Iphoto. They will also use the Mac as an editing tool or a digital darkroom. Once per week for 6 weeks. Day/Time TBD

Science Olympiad Advisor: Christina Brewer

Open to all middle school students, the Science Olympiad is one of the premier science competitions in the nation, providing standards-based challenges to nearly 15,000 schools each year.

This student-led competition involves teams of 7-10 students that perform in up to 23 different STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) events. Some events require constructing a project ahead of time. Others involve ‘on-the-spot’ application of engineering skills to solve a problem. In most events, students compete in pairs, and a typical student enters three different team events during a tournament.

THEATRE
Director: Ben Frimmer

Coleytown Company, our own nationally recognized theatre program, presents a series of theatrical events each year.
Website LINK

FALL 2025 - Our fall musical, is an excellent opportunity for our students to perform on stage in a "non-competitive" setting. 
SPRING 2026 - This more competitive Spring show has opportunities for actors and technicians alike. 

Performance opportunities: Students grades 6-8 

Tech Crew opportunities: Students in grades 7 and 8 

More information can be found on our website or by contacting Mr. Frimmer at bfrimmer@westportps.org

Yearbook
Advisor: Michael Santangelo

The CMS Yearbook club is open to students in grades 6-8. Coleytown’s Yearbook captures important events and memories from the middle school experience, and is a representation of the hard work and creativity of the club members. Student members participate in: designing the layout, creating pages, organizing student surveys, selecting themes, gathering information, taking photos, and more! YEARBOOK CLUB meetings will be held on Tuesday mornings in room 116 from 7:30 am-8:00 am. Please email msantangelo@westportps.org for more information.