Clubs

Sponsor: Shannon Michielsen

Mission / Purpose: Lanier Art Club promotes imagination, creativity, and art production. Our club is open to any student who wants to explore various art and craft forms, try out new mediums, practice specific techniques, and develop their unique style. It provides students with the opportunity to work individually or in collaboration with other student artists.

Descriptions of Planned Activities: Lanier Art Club members can choose drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, printmaking, jewelry-making, or other creative processes to produce unique works of Art. Members will participate in community art events throughout the year.

Members are asked to pay $25 annual dues for Art Club. 
Please complete an Art Permission Form 

Affiliated with: Lanier Art Club is affiliated with GAEA.

Sponsors: Rebekah Spratlin, Melissa Hayes, and Stacey Blackwell

Activities: Service and fundraising projects chosen by the Beta Club

Mission: To promote the ideals of academic achievement, character, service, and leadership among middle school students.  To reward meritorious achievement and to encourage and assist students in continuing their education after high school. 

Requirements: Must maintain all A's and B's and consistently demonstrate positive behavior.  Grades and behavior will be checked at the end of each semester.  A probationary period may be enacted until improvement is observed.

Affiliated with: National Junior Beta Club

How do I join?: Use this Google Classroom code to receive updated information: vngcwc3b   Link for Google Classroom:   https://classroom.google.com/c/ODcxNDI1NDIyODIx?cjc=vngcwc3b

Sponsor emails: Rebekah.Spratlin@gcpsk12.org,  Melissa.Hayes@gcpsk12.org, Stacey.Blackwell@gcpsk12.org

Sponsor: Jordan Davis & Kimberly Guillory

Mission/Purpose

The purpose of the Lanier Junior Theatre Company is to encourage students to think outside the box, push individual boundaries, and become more confident performers. Members will improve their social skills, develop leadership skills, and work on public speaking skills. Students will also have the opportunity to express their creativity through performance and technical theater. Students will also become more adept at collaboration and working with others. 

Description of Planned Activities

We will put on two performances throughout the school year. Students will have the opportunity to audition for and perform in these shows. We will also take technical theater students throughout the year to help with our performances.

Meetings will be held weekly. Please visit our website at https://sites.google.com/g.gcpsk12.org/laniermiddle-drama.
Schedule for the year: https://sites.google.com/g.gcpsk12.org/laniermiddle-drama/schedule?authuser=0

Affiliations/Dues

Members are asked to pay $40 annual dues for Drama Club. 

The Lanier Junior Theater Company is an extension of the Lanier High School Theater Company.

When the Drama Club is putting on a show, students will be required to meet more often for rehearsals. 

Sponsor: Laura Bruster

Mission Statement: The mission of the Lanier Middle School Longhorn Gaming Club is to provide a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment where students can connect, collaborate, and build lasting friendships through a shared love of gaming.

Advisor: Laura Bruster

Description of planned activities: We believe that play is a powerful tool for connection. Whether we are racing in Mario Kart, strategizing in Dungeons & Dragons, or trading cards, the Nerd Herd exists to ensure every student has a space to belong, be exactly who they are, and find their people.

Sponsors: Angela Dover

Activities - Local church youth ministers/students will present a message to all attendees.  We also have breakfast and play some games. 

Mission: Student driven and student-initiated club-- LMS students gather to learn more about and develop a growing relationship with Christ as they encourage one another.  

Affiliated with: Fellowship of Christian Athletes  

Students need to make sure that parents complete the permission form in the Google Classroom to participate.  Please join the FCA/Ignite Google Classroom with the code zjze7h3u.  All announcements and meeting dates will be posted in the Google Classroom. 

Sponsors: Ms. Garnier and Ms. Timms

UPDATED 9/1/2026:  "Due to high participation, we are no longer accepting fishing club members for this school year."

Mission: The Lanier Middle School Fishing Club empowers students to discover the art and science of angling while cultivating leadership, environmental responsibility, and personal growth. By immersing students in hands-on fishing experiences and introducing pathways to careers in the outdoors, conservation, and competitive sports, we build confident, capable young anglers. Our goal is to prepare students to join the Lanier Longhorn Fishing Team at the high school level with the skills, knowledge, and team spirit to succeed—on the water and in life.

Activities: Club members walk to nearby East Bank Park to fish and practice their angling skills in a relaxed, supportive environment. Students learn hands-on techniques while enjoying the outdoors, building friendships, and preparing for future competitive opportunities.

Affiliations: Student Anger Federation

Dues: $50 to cover supplies and student membership in the Student Angler Federation.*Students MUST have a signed permission slip on file in order to attend. See Mrs. Garnier for a permission slip. "Due to high participation, we are no longer accepting fishing club members for this school year."

Advisors: Pam Higgins and Naomi Douglas

Mission/Purpose: The purpose of the Gardening club is to provide students with opportunities to learn to cultivate various types of plants while collaborating with others.  The mission is to learn and practice different gardening methods and apply those techniques and skills to enhance the appearance of our campus.  

Activities: We will be learning about container gardening first intending to plant and maintain some container gardens around campus.  We hope to eventually have a space to expand into a more formal gardening space.  

Affiliations: Green and Healthy Schools program, Master Gardeners. 

Sponsors: Coach Loveless, Coach Rabek, Coach Belbey

Intramurals are a great opportunity for students to have fun and be active before school. Students can participate in as many or as few sessions as is convenient; they are not required to attend every session. Students may not arrive before 8:05 and they MUST arrive by 8:15 to be allowed to enter the gym. Students MUST turn in a permission form before participating.

Spring intramurals will begin on Tue, Feb 17th. Students must turn in a permission form to Coach Loveless or Coach Rabek before participating.

Students MUST turn in a permission form before being allowed to participate.

Kindness Club Sponsor: Janan Olsen

Mission/Purpose: 
Kindness Club students work hard to plant seeds of kindness by engaging in the needs around us as we express empathy and affirmation to those in our local school as well as our local community. Community spread ensures everyone is impacted by kindness, and we have initiatives planned for this year that will affect not only our local school but that will also impact our community and potentially even meet needs on a more global scale.

Description of Planned Activities:
GLOBAL - Individuals or classrooms may choose to participate in Operation Christmas Child to pack a shoebox full of gift items and essential necessities for a child, or they may donate directly to a variety of needs worldwide via the Christmas catalog on the Samaritan’s Purse website.

COMMUNITY – Students will collect needed items for our local community food bank, North Gwinnett Co-Op, with holiday food drives and may also have the opportunity to volunteer with the food bank.

LOCAL SCHOOL – Kindness Club students will develop and have chances to grow in areas such as empathy, affirmation, and assistance for our teachers, admin, and staff through our teacher helper program; random and intentional acts of kindness; sunshine boxes/baskets to express encouragement, empathy and/or condolences; in addition to other expressions and actions of generosity and kindness.

Local, State, and National Affiliations: 
North Gwinnett Co-Op - https://northgwinnettcoop.org
Samaritan’s Purse -  samaritanspurse.org 

Sponsors: Michele Langhans, Debbie Meadows, Kathryn Rodriguez

Mission: Lanier Middle School’s STEMbots mission is to introduce students to the world of robotics, using STEM skills and teamwork. 

Purpose:  The purpose of STEMbots is to develop STEM skills and practice engineering principles while realizing the value of hard work, innovation, and working as a team.

Planned Activities:   STEMbots participate in local and state tournaments.  

Local and State Affiliations:  Vex Robotics

Where: In Mrs. Meadows' room on the connection hall.

Current member meetings will start by the end of August.

New member Introduction Meeting: TBD (keep an ear out for the announcement and check the Google Calendar for date and time) 

StemBots Website

Sponsors: Colleen Karafa, Lisa E Taylor

Mission / Purpose:

• Our goal is to create a yearbook that truly represents everyone in our school community — students, teachers, and staff alike!

As a member, you'll get hands-on experience with:

• Layout design
• Graphic design
• Photography
  All while helping to tell the story of our school year.

Descriptions of Expectations:

• To make the best yearbook possible, here’s what we ask from each member:
• Be at all before-school meetings
• Meet deadlines and stay organized
• Gather fun, accurate info about events and people
• Make sure everyone is represented respectfully and correctly
• If attending school events, take pictures
• Help teammates finish tasks if they need support
• Be open to revising your work during editing

How to Join

You will need to ocmplete an application so speak with Ms. Karafa. Don’t miss your chance to be part of something creative and meaningful!