Ben Davis High School      phone 317 988 7000     attendance 317 988 7300

Clubs—Academic Competitions

Club Name Description
Academic Super Bowl State-wide academic competition sponsored by Purdue University.  Any student is welcome to try out for any of the five teams:  English, science, math, fine arts, or social studies.  This year’s topic is An American Generation: 1964-1980.  Club has a minimal time commitment, but requires self-disciplined study. Mr. Phelps
Mrs. Rose
Brain Game Academic team that competes throughout the year. This team has been chosen the last three years to represent Indiana at the premier national academic competition in Florida. Ms.Kaspar
Business Professionals of America (BPA) Co-curricular business organization that emphasizes leadership development, career/technical skills development, improving social awareness, promoting civic responsibility, and developing confidence and spirit of competition.  Students have an opportunity to compete at regional, state, and national levels.  Open to any students enrolled in a business course. Ms. Petersen
Mrs. Lyter
Mrs. Davidson
Mrs. Diss
Chess Club For those students interested in learning or improving chess playing skills.  For those interested in competition, there is also a chess team.  Club meets Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays after school from 3:15pm to 5:15pm in D104.  The Chess Club and Chess Team are open to everyone.  There is no charge for participation.  Fees for competition are raised through a series of fund raisers. Ms. Kelly
DECA DECA is an international association of marketing students.  It is open to students with a career interest in marketing, management, hospitality, finance, entrepreneurship and/or business administration. Mrs. Jones
Ms. Bugay
Giant Miles - Super Mileage Team Students will be challenged to apply science, technology, engineering and mathematics to design, fabricate, and test a high mileage vehicle for the 2011 Super Mileage Competition on 4/25/11. Open to grades 9 - 12. Mr. Sorg
Mr. Trocha
JROTC Exhibition Drill   Mr. Wendley