There are many different clubs at Central, from ones where students can learn about different cultures to ones where they do things they enjoy.  

Badminton club is a club run by sophomore Deisy Cisneros-Mondragon and junior Jasmin Gutierrez Garcia. The two students wanted to create the club, and it recently got approved.  It is starting in the spring, on Thursdays, in the school gymnasium.  

They wanted to create this club to “bring the community together in ways that are more than academics,” Cisneros said. They wanted to create a club where everyone is welcome, and they would not have to worry about fully committing to a sport and having to worry about competition too much. 

 “Committing to one sport is a big thing, so we are making the badminton club so people can come whenever they want and just have fun,” Cisneros said.  

 They wanted to create a club but were not sure what to make it based on. But after seeing how much fellow classmates loved to play badminton, they knew instantly that they were going to make the club over badminton.  

“We see a lot of students at gym who play badminton when there’s free time,” Gutierrez said. 

They want to promote it as much as possible so many students attend the club, so they are finding many ways to promote it.  

They want to spread the word around and aren’t afraid to talk to others just to spread the word. “Ms. (Jodi) Derks is helping us with putting up posters and putting the flyer on the projector that is located in the cafeteria,” Gutierrez said.  

“Even though it’s still winter, we still want to promote,” Cisneros said. 

Their sponsor is art teacher Tyler Tilmon, and he wasn’t afraid to help the students because he wanted to help the students try something new and support them throughout the way. 

 He filled out all the paperwork the students needed to fully get the club accepted. 

“I just wanted to help the students do something they enjoy before and after school,” Tilmon said.  

Cisneros and Gutierrez believe many students don’t try to create clubs because they don’t want to go through the hassle of all the paperwork and emails needed to even try to get the club accepted.  

 “It’s kind of hard to create a club,” Cisneros said.  

They wanted to create the club to not only help students find a club that they will enjoy but also to help the students know that if they have an interest in something, then they should try to create a club.  

It doesn’t matter if it gets accepted, but then they would “think of the community and ways to help the school,” Cisneros said.