Clubs & Activities

ADVISOR
Aundraya Sobotka

Accepting, Listening, Loving, Inspiring, Educating, and Supporting all students at Judge Memorial.

Established in 2019, the ALLIES Club strives to create a safe, loving, and supportive environment for LGBTQ students and their allies as well as strengthen the student body, cultivate diversity, encourage acceptance, raise awareness, and create a sense of community and belonging.

The ALLIES Club meets every other week and also hosts off-campus events. 

2021-2022 OFFICERS

• President: Kurt McLaughlin '22

• Vice President: Gracie Haffey-Sherman '23

• Secretary: Benny Johnson '22

If you are a Judge alum, former student, or friend who would like to know more about the ALLIES Club, please email us »

ADVISOR
Joan Brand

All Judge Memorial students can join in on the fun of bowling with the Bulldog Bowling Team. Team meetings are held on Mondays beginning in mid-September; discounted pricing is available. Students can participate for fun, or elect to participate on the competitive bowling league. Students compete with other high schools around the state with competitions being held at different bowling alleys each week. The competitive season runs from the fall through spring, but the fun lasts all year long.

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

• 2nd place, 2017-18 Salt Lake High School Bowling League Championship Tournament

• Chris Athens '19, 2nd place in the 2017-18 Singles competition 

• 2016-17 Salt Lake High School Bowling League Champions

ADVISOR 
Dr. Chris Sloan

BULLDOG PRESS STORIES
judgebulldo.gs/

TWITTER
@TheBulldogPress

The student newspaper at Judge Memorial Catholic High School has been around for as long as the school has. The Bulldog Press has been the name of the publication since 1980. Since that time the BDP has won numerous awards – winning top honors from the Salt Lake Tribune, the Utah Press Association, the Utah Journalism Educators Association. The Utah Press Association named it "Best High School newspaper" for 2009-10 (1A-3A category), 2010-11, and 2011-12. The UPA has since retired that award category

The paper has been recognized nationally as well, most notably by the National Scholastic Press Association, which awarded the BDP "Best of Show" designation at their national convention four times.

Like all print newspapers, the BDP has been 'converging' its content for the past few years, incorporating Internet TV, blogging, and podcasting into its coverage. Learn more at judgebulldo.gs.

ADVISOR
Nathan Shaw

The award-winning Judge Memorial Catholic High School Dance Department is headed by outstanding choreographer and skilled technician Nathan Shaw. Our program has previously been named the "Best High School Dance Company" by Salt Lake City’s City Weekly Newspaper.

The Judge Memorial Dance Program offers classes for all levels of dancers, boys and girls, freshmen through seniors. Mr. Shaw has launched an ongoing residency with professional dancers from Repertory Dance Theater, so Judge students take master classes, learn choreography and guidance from these professional dancers. In addition to the work they do every day in the beautiful, historic Weigand Dance studio, the Dance department performs numerous times throughout the year. Major events and performances include Bulldog Boogie in the fall; Winter Dance Concert, held in December; the Spring Dance Concert held annually in late spring, and various class concerts.

ADVISOR
Darin Hathaway

The Drama department at Judge Memorial has produced some of the finest theater in the state of Utah. Over the past few years, students have participated in accomplished performances of plays such as In the Heights, The Elephant Man, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Metamorphoses, Tommy, Dead Man Walking, Les Miserables, The Laramie Project, The Crucible to and many more. 

The Judge Memorial Catholic High School Drama Club focuses on building self-esteem, community and appreciation of life through the arts. Students will perform, discuss, and attend theatrical performances throughout the state as well as provide service to different community organizations related to these performances.

Fall 2023: Urinetown Musical Auditions

ADVISOR
Tim Soran

The mission of the Judge Memorial Catholic High School Epicurean Society is to promote wellness and camaraderie amongst peers as well as the opportunity to explore different cultures through the culinary arts.

This Judge activity will endeavor to teach students how to better “appreciate” the subtleties of various food flavors, which food combinations are most often successful, and which beverages pair well with the food they are serving. It will be a “hands on activity” in which the students will make and consume their own creations.

There are no upfront cost to join the club, but rather it is a ‘pay-as-you-go’ for each activity (usually between $5 and $10). The goal – for the students to learn how to complete the recipe in a controlled classroom setting, reproduce that recipe for their families at home, and eventually teach their friends and family how to “appreciate” what they are eating.

ADVISOR
Matt Pacenza

Interact is Rotary International’s service club for young people ages 14 to 18. Interact clubs are sponsored by individual Rotary clubs, which provide support and guidance, but they are self-governing and self-supporting. As one of the most significant and fastest-growing programs of Rotary service, with more than 10,700 clubs in 109 countries and geographical areas, Interact has become a worldwide phenomenon. Almost 200,000 young people are involved in Interact.

Each year, Interact clubs complete at least two community service projects, one of which furthers international understanding and goodwill. In recent years Judge has completed service projects with the following organizations:

• Choice Humanitarian

• Orphan Relief and Rescue

• Doctors Without Borders

• Blood Water

• Save the Children

• St Vinnies Australian Wildfire Relief

Through these efforts, Interact members develop a network of friendships with local and overseas clubs and learn the importance of:

• Developing leadership skills and personal integrity

• Demonstrating helpfulness and respect for others

• Understanding the value of individual responsibility and hard work

• Advancing international understanding and goodwill

In March 2020, Interact helped raise $5,415 for St. Vinnies Australian Wildfire Relief in conjunction with JMCHS Campus Ministry.

ADVISOR
Matthew Vanderlaan

The Judge Adventuring Guild (JAG) will spend time playing all types of games. From classic board games, fantasy tabletop role-playing games, to newly released games. The purpose of JAG is to cultivate a sense of creativity, friendship, leadership and teamwork. Members of the club will be able to learn how to work together as a team creating a sense of community.

ADVISOR
Maricruz Fimbres

The JMCHS Latinx club embraces the diversity in our school, builds friendships, and breaks stereotypes. We aim to celebrate and foster interest in the various Latino cultures, providing an opportunity to speak Spanish in an informal setting and to learn more about the different Spanish-speaking cultures in the world. By strengthening our cultural identity and creating and supporting a higher education atmosphere for our members, the club works to find and create opportunities and services for Latinx students in our community.

ADVISOR
Matthew Vanderlaan

Judge Memorial Mock Trial State Champions

2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008

The Mock Trial program allows Judge students to experience the courtroom in an upfront, hands-on role. The mock trials are set up and structured like any typical court, bound by the same rules. The mock trial program assists Judge students in learning the role of each professional — judge, lawyer, witness, etc. — in an educational, judicial environment.

ADVISOR
Dr. Shannon Roberts

Judge Memorial offers a full array of musical options for interested students including concert band, concert choir, jazz band, orchestra, AP Music Theory, and piano techniques. Some of the notable entertainment figures that Judge music students have performed with include Josh Groban and Michael Buble. The Bulldog musicians perform numerous times throughout the school year including the Fall Music Concert, the Winter Music Concert, Chamber Night, and the Spring Music Concert. The musicians also perform at various events throughout the Salt Lake Valley.

ADVISOR
Sonja McKown

The Bulldogs Robotics Team is designed to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs. These programs will build science, engineering, and technology skills that inspire innovation and that foster well-rounded life capabilities that include self-confidence, communication, and leadership. Through participation in this club, we will create problem solvers and develop skills for marketing, fundraising, computer work, collaboration, as well as programming and robotics. The team will compete locally and nationally.

Our Sponsors

Thank you! Your support makes it possible for us to explore, create, compete.

• Judge Memorial Catholic High School

• Ancestry.com

• Cache Valley Electric

• Cisco

• 3M: Science. Applied to Life

• Granite Technical Institute: Lighting the Way to a Brighter Tomorrow

• The Home Depot

• Karman: Quality Cabinetry by Karman

• Target

• Wasatch Steel: Your Steel Supermarket

• XMission

ADVISOR
Natalie Smith

Coach Smith began playing ultimate decades ago as a student at Virginia Tech and was recently voted the 2018 UUDA Boys Second Team All-State Coach.

The Judge Memorial Catholic High School Ultimate Frisbee team is co-ed and welcomes new members for practice and to play in area tournaments. Ultimate Frisbee is a non-contact team sport played with a flying disc on a field with end zones. Players will learn to throw, catch, and cut to advance the disc to their end zone and may also learn to layout for a sick D on the opposing team. 

Everyone is Welcome

Ultimate Frisbee is one of the fastest growing sports in the world! It is a non-contact team sport played with a flying disc on a field with end zones. The Judge Memorial Ultimate Frisbee team is co-ed in the Fall and has separate boys and girls teams in the spring but we always practice together. We are recruiting new members for practice and to play in area tournaments.

New for 2022-23, we are launching a co-ed Middle School Team open to all students in grades 5th-8th. If you are part of the Our Lady of Lourdes community or Middle School Academy, come play a fun new sport with friends. Click the button below to learn more.

• It’s a non-contact sport in which players move a frisbee disc down the field toward an end-zone. You cannot run with the disc. If your team is on offense with the disc and drops it, or the defense catches it, the defense (now offense) attempts to score on their goal going the other way.

• There are no refs. This is one of the most unique parts of ultimate and one thing that draws players to the game. Players on the field are responsible for making their own calls and working it out on the field. This encourages quiet people to speak up and loud people to listen. Things happen when refs aren’t looking -allowing each player to make calls helps preserve the integrity of the game.

• The cutting, passing and movement on the field make ultimate a great training and crossover game for most sports. Successful teams run hard which improves aerobic capacity.

• Ultimate in the US is governed by USAUltimate which sponsors tournament events, provides coaches with trainings, conducts background checks, oversees rostering of teams and defines the rules of the game. If you participate in the High School playoff series in Utah, you must become a member of USAU. Costs are about $35 for calendar year. Find out more at usaultimate.org.

• Utah also has a governing body for ultimate which deals with local tournaments and events, organizes league play and manages other issues. Find out more at utahultimate.org.

Why Join Ultimate at Judge?

• Learn a new sport that for many people turns into a lifelong passion! Recreational and competitive ultimate leagues exist for all ages.

• Ultimate is one of the few co-ed sports at the school, and a great opportunity to meet new people.

• Improve your physical conditioning while getting some exercise!

• Ultimate at Judge is a club sport. That means that students help set the goals and practice sessions for the club, as well as take on leadership roles on the field, in organizing uniforms, recruiting, and disseminating information.

• Well rounded athletes! Kids who play ultimate at Judge can still participate in another school sport at the same time, provided they meet academic standards. Studies show kids who participate in more than one sport tend to be better athletes all around!

• Practice locations – Coach Smith holds practice at Judge or Liberty Park, so no long commutes!

Parent Commitments

• Time Commitment: Players are encouraged to attend practices twice a week, but contact Coach Smith if they can’t make it. Practices are held in convenient locations (Liberty Park or Judge field). Coach Smith also holds a pickup game Sundays at the Judge field.

• Games/Tournaments:  Usually the team attends 2-3 in state tournaments per season.

• Equipment: Your student will need cleats (not mandatory, but helpful) and a water bottle.

Registration & Fees

Team fees are usually around $75-100 for the season. This covers shirts, practice field costs and tournament fees. If we participate in the High School playoff series in Utah, your student must become a member of USAU (USA Ultimate). Costs are about $35 per calendar year. Scholarships are available, please contact Coach Smith to inquire.