Discover French culture: Experience French music, movies, cuisine, and traditions.  Make friends at events such as gamedays and cultural celebrations.

The Althoff Catholic Math team is a place to show off your mathematical prowess. We compete four times a year at SWIC after school.  Each competition requires three freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior participants. Every participant takes the same individual math test and competes against the other kids of their grade level.  Then they break up into three teams consisting of a freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior to compete in a team test together.

The Model UN was founded to familiarize students with the inner workings of the United Nations. This organization strives to increase students' awareness of and concern for world events. Each year, McKendree University, in Lebanon, IL, hosts both a Fall and a Spring session for area schools involved with the program. Students from these schools participate as delegates to the U.N. from their respective countries.
Emphasis is placed on appropriate role playing of various delegate positions and following diplomatic/parliamentary procedures. Students are responsible for presenting prepared research on international events, especially as they would pertain to their delegation. Any Althoff Catholic student with an interest in world affairs, debate, or speech is encouraged to join.

The National Honor Society is the premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students.  This organization creates an enthusiasm for scholarship, stimulates a desire to render service, promotes leadership, and develops character.  Invitations for membership are presented to juniors at the beginning of the second semester for induction in the spring. Grade point average is the initial criteria for selection. Successful completion of the activities survey and review by the Academic Counsel is the final appraisal for membership.

Requirements

• Unweighted GPA of 3.5
• Co-curricular activities - include clubs, teams, musical groups, etc. and major accomplishments in each activity
• Leadership positions - include elected or appointed positions in school, community or work in which you are directly involved in guiding others
• Service activities - include group or individual activities and school or community functions
• Other community activities - work, recognition, and awards in which you participated for the betterment of your community.

Scholar bowl is a club in which teams compete head-to-head to answer questions from all areas of knowledge, including history, literature, science, fine arts, current events, popular culture, sports, and more. There are also tournaments between high schools.

Providing students with opportunities to participate in science/engineering competitions in school & the community ie. STEM student forum, science/research fairs, and Project MFG

The chess club is a social, instructional, or competitive meeting place where students come together through chess.

Members gently promote life and support others in the group

This is a student-athlete-led group with teacher-coach leaders.  The student-athlete leaders meet every other week with the coach to plan activities for the full group session, which are offered on alternate weeks.  The huddle meetings have a format of food, faith, and fun. To see the world transformed by Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes.

Students interested in being a reader, server, gift bearer or cross bearer at school masses.

The Theology Club’s purpose is to grow in God’s love.  Jesus tells us that we inherit eternal life by receiving God’s love, which St. Paul continues in his teachings.  The first commandment is to love God, self, and neighbors-all people. As a club, we believe and hope to grow in God’s love.

The BASIC  Youth Board is a hands-on leadership and service organization that focuses on developing and supporting programs, collaborations, and communities that serve the greater Belleville area and Althoff Catholic High School.  We encourage students and citizens to build our community of service through many activities and collaborations with both Belleville East and Belleville West High Schools.

MISSION:

Basic promotes character through positive relationships and service to the community.

VISION:

By working together, emphasizing the need for good character, and practicing good character life skills, we will ensure that the Belleville area continues to be a healthy and prosperous community, is prepared for the challenges of the future, and is making the world a better place.

Initiative:

• Supports and promotes existing community services
• Facilitate community projects and programs
• Builds partnerships with local schools, churches, agencies, and neighborhoods
• Helps coordinate large-scale community volunteer events
• Helps raise funds to address community needs
• Youth Board development service projects; developing youth through hands-on service projects
• Provide speakers and training to promote a community of character

Selection is based on an application, interview, and teacher recommendations.

Crusaders Against Alcohol and Drugs

The Interact Club is a service organization for high school students who desire to volunteer their time and aid the school and community. Interact is an international organization sponsored by Rotary International. The international objectives are to develop leadership skills, demonstrate helpfulness, and respect for others, understand the value of individual responsibility, and advance international understanding and goodwill.

The Society has two aims: to do a great deal of spiritual good to its members through the exercise of charity, and to do good to a few poor families in the name of Jesus Christ.

We make known the Love of Christ to people in need.

• Dedication to Prayer
• Mobile Soup Kitchen (SOUP BUS)
• Hunger Awareness / Annual Food Drive
• Christmas gifts for needy children
• Regional St. Vincent de Paul “Walk for the Poor”
• Spread awareness of poverty issues
• Special crisis responses
• Quarterly meetings

Students in this organization represent Althoff Catholic High School through service to various school departments. They act as tour guides for Althoff Open Houses and Class Reunions, and are representatives of Althoff in the community.

Selection is through the application, interview, and teacher recommendations.

The Student Council consists of ten representatives elected from each class who promote unity and leadership for the student body.  The senior, junior, and sophomores elect their representatives in May.  The Executive Board will consist of the four seniors who receive the most votes.  The freshman class elections are held in mid to late September.  Throughout the year, the Student Council is involved with the Kick-Off Event, blood drives, Senior Prom, Christmas Ball, other dances, and events surrounding Homecoming Week.  The Student Council is a great way to meet new people and be involved in many school activities.

St. Clair County Teen Court is a program for high school students who are chosen to serve as peer jurors .  Students are trained and then serve once a month as volunteer jurors for the teen court.  This is a program in St. Clair County that provides an alternative approach to juvenile justice for first-time, non- violent youth offenders ages 12-17 with no criminal background.  An applicant must be between the ages of 13 or in the ninth grade and 17 or in the twelfth grade.  They must live in St. Clair County.  Teen Court meets once each month.  Peer jury sessions are held on the first Saturday of each month.

This ensemble is the cornerstone of the vocal department at Althoff Catholic High School. Performing each week at St. Henry’s Mass, this ensemble performs traditional Catholic hymns to more contemporary christian music.

The Speech Team competes in area speech contests as members of The Greater St. Louis Speech League and the Illinois High School Association Individual Events Program.  Any Althoff Catholic student may audition to participate. The purpose of the Greater St. Louis Speech Association (GSL) and the IHSA Speech Individual Events and PIR competition is to enable high school students to enjoy social, cultural, and intellectual development through competitive speech. The associations offer students from participating high schools the chance to compete in a variety of speech and debate events.  These include Extemporaneous Speaking, Original Oratory, Radio Speaking, Duo Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, Prose Reading, Poetry Reading, Storytelling, Student Congress, Policy Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and Public Forum Debate. 

This is a class that students can take during the school day. The yearbook is an integral piece of any high school, providing a lifetime of memories as students graduate and become alumni.  The Yearbook Staff is responsible for the publication of a quality book that will definitely be utilized for years to come before any class reunion!  The staff is organized into four functional groups:  business, photography, layout and technology.  All positions require attention to detail and the ability to meet established deadlines.