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The Chess Club offers students an outlet for strategic and creative thinking.
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The Green Club participated in a Roanoke River clean-up day.
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The Coding Club attended a Hackathon along with other competitions throughout the year.

Experience Outside the Classroom

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Click to download the April 2024 issue of the Willis Hall Herald student newspaper.
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Click to download the May 2025 the Willis Hall Herald student newspaper.
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Click to download the 2025 issue of Calliope, the school's literary and arts magazine.
Beyond athletics, students have many areas in which to express and develop their interests. From Model United Nations to tutoring young children at a nearby church, students are encouraged to look beyond their school's walls for experience and skills. In the early winter, grade 8-12 students have a day-long Symposium where local artists, scientists, and everyone in between are brought to present "mini-courses" in their field of expertise.

Yearbook and Journalism might take a trip to New York City to learn about the latest advances. Students might decide to spend a spring break in China or France with faculty chaperones. Middle Schoolers sort through boxes of robot parts before tackling the latest First Robotics competition. In a nutshell, North Cross recognizes that there are many places that can be called "classrooms," and we encourage our students to explore them all. 
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In the summer, upper schoolers can apply to one of many internships at local businesses or organizations. Past opportunities have included work at Mill Mountain Theatre; Novozymes Biological, Inc.; Roanoke County; Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black Law Firm; Punch Boutique; and The Science Museum of Western Virginia, to name a few.
STUDENT CLUBS
  • American Red Cross Club (Willis Hall)
  • American Sign Language Club (Eaton Hall)
  • Art Club (Eaton Hall)
  • Book Club (Willis Hall)
  • Chess Club (Eaton Hall & Willis Hall)
  • Coding Club (Willis Hall)
  • Community Service Club (Eaton Hall)
  • DEI Club (Eaton Hall & Willis Hall)
  • Environmental Club (Eaton Hall & Willis Hall)
  • Guitar Club (Willis Hall)
  • Historical Fiction Book Club (Eaton Hall)
  • Intramural Captains (Eaton Hall)
  • Journaling Club (Eaton Hall)
  • Journalism Club (Willis Hall)
  • Math Club (Willis Hall)
  • Model United Nations (Willis Hall)
  • Reading to Kids Program (Willis Hall)
  • Robotics Club (Eaton Hall & Willis Hall)
  • Rock Painting (Eaton Hall)
  • Save The Next Girl Chapter (Willis Hall)
  • Ski Club (Willis Hall)
  • Speech & Debate Club (Willis Hall)
  • Student Council Association (Eaton Hall & Willis Hall)
  • Tutoring Club (Willis Hall)
  • Willis Hall Herald student newspaper
  • Yearbook/Media Club  (Willis Hall)
  • Yoga/Mindfulness Club (Eaton Hall)
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The NCS Rocks Club is for students who want to surprise the world with kind messages painted on rocks.
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This year, the Model UN Club was so popular that they had enough interest to visit multiple Model UNs!
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Eaton Hall's Historical Fiction Book Club: teachers and students talking books over lunch—by choice!