“Club Hour” is carried out during two class hours per week and after-school activities are carried out three days a week in the chosen areas during school hours on Thursdays. Our students have the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience in many different fields in the club and after-school activities carried out by professional club counsellor teachers, coaches and qualified instructors.
In club and after-school activities, students’ social and cultural development is ensured, and their academic development is supported.
The purpose of our school clubs and after-school activities is to develop students’ leadership abilities, communication skills and their sense of self-confidence, and to enable them to discover themselves by highlighting their personal skills and interests. Furthermore, students serve the understanding of sustainable society with “Community Service” activities.
Club activities, after-school programs and school team activities are carried out as extracurricular activities in cooperation with ENKA Schools and ENKA Sports Club. The basic philosophy of the studies is to support the social and cultural development of students by enabling them to transform their knowledge into experience with the activities carried out throughout their education. In addition, the other important part of the philosophy is to raise individuals who have attitudes and values that transcend the differences arising from language, religion, race and class differences with the understanding of universal education.
Biology forms the basis of many positive disciplines and aims to make sense of life scientifically with reason and research. In this context, the Biology Project Club aims to raise individuals who are sympathetic to the environment and living things, passionate for biology, care about scientific literacy and global goals. In addition, while our students are preparing for national and international biology competitions, they meet many scientists and conduct ecological studies. “Science is calling” to learn the unknown.
We would like to awaken our students’ interest in the science of Chemistry, to equip them with scientific knowledge while preparing them for higher education institutions, and to see our students at the highest level of scientific literacy in the society we live in. We also welcome students who want to participate in the experimental workshops and the group that will prepare for the science festival to our club.
The project group will continue to work individually and as a group. Success in project studies will provide an advantage in the university exam and our chemistry teacher will continue to provide consultancy in the studies.
The educational use of coding began in the 60’s with the use of the Logo programming language. Python, today’s most popular programming language, is an object-oriented, interpretive, modular and interactive high-level language. Since it is a high-level language, it is easier to learn. The desired work can be done quickly with fewer lines of code.
There are quite a lot of platforms on which Python is supported. It is compatible with many operating systems such as Unix, Linux, Mac, Windows, Symbian. Python is a fairly general programming language. The width of the usage areas is also effective in the preference. Python is used in many areas from engineering to finance. The usage areas of the Python programming language are as follows:
Web Application Development
Python scientific and numerical calculations
Artificial intelligence applications (AI)
Internet of things (IOT)
Data mining applications
Visualization applications
Desktop applications etc.
Our club offers a range of activities aimed at developing students’ programming and design skills. These activities include a training program on game development based on scripted content and competition-oriented project production.
In this process, a project team will be formed to support students’ development. This team will bring together students with different skills in areas such as programming, modeling, drawing, game and project development. Our team members will develop projects using problem solving, creative thinking and collaboration skills with a focus on competition. This step will allow students to both showcase their individual talents and experience the importance of teamwork. In addition, within the scope of our club activities, students will have the opportunity to participate in competitions such as Teknofest.
The aim of the club is to enable our students to enjoy science and instill in them a lifelong habit of scientific thinking. Students are aimed to be introduced to the benefits of teamwork in school and life, as well as aligning this effort with developments in mathematics, science, technology, and social sciences. Furthermore, the goal is to enhance their investigative, research, and productivity skills in the fields of mathematics, science, social sciences, and technical areas. The club brings together students who have an interest in scientific work and research at our school, and they participate in project competitions organized by TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) with the projects they prepare.
Club students prepare for project competitions organized by TÜBİTAK.
The articles they write and their project work help them develop academically.
It enables them to develop their skills in researching, organizing and presenting information.
Debate club students develop themselves and their world of ideas by having the opportunity to analyze all the positive and negative aspects of an issue in the debatable topics they are involved in. With the training they receive, they gain argumentation, antithesis development, refutation and exemplification skills. They find the opportunity to improve their speaking skills by being at the center of discussions on a predetermined topic each week.
Within the scope of club activities, students meet economists, lawyers and political scientists who are experts in their fields and receive training from them.
Priority is given to the applications of students who have received debate training in their previous years of education and have participated in the activities.
Throughout the year, the Press and Publication Club brings both in-school and out-of-school activities together with the school community through the @adpenka.basinyayin social media account and our magazine Yazadurmak. Our club works with different literary genres – such as stories, poems, poetry, travel, essays, criticism – to offer enjoyable readings to its readers.
Yazadurmak, Science, Art, Sports and Literature magazine, which is published every year in June, brings together and will continue to bring together these names with its readers through interviews and interviews with experts in the field of art, literature and politics.
Club students receive creative writing training and organize author interviews throughout the year to improve their creative writing skills. Students participate in symposiums organized for high school students and educators. Students organize a symposium where author interviews and workshops are held in the light of the work they carry out during the year.
The aim of our club is to give our students the opportunity to express themselves in front of the community and to support their personal and social development. In addition, it is aimed to raise their cultural level to a higher level with the art of theater. Our work will be done face to face each week during designated club time. The presentation of the completed theater play will take place at the end of the year.
Club studies include pickleball and table tennis, which are two different racket sports. It offers the opportunity for students who want to play table tennis, which is a recognized and loved sport in our school, with a more technical and competitive performance. Pickleball, which is played in the tennis net in an area the size of a badminton field with a racket similar to a table tennis racket, is a sport that spreads very quickly globally and plays by large masses. This sport, which has recently started to be played in our country, is also known in our school and will be the first step of the studies that aim to start playing in large groups, offers students the opportunity to experience pickleball sports in different periods.
The World Scholar’s Cup Tournament is an international academic competition organized by Yale University and attended by 50,000 students from 60 countries around the world. The tournament, in which participants prepare and compete in four categories throughout the year, prepares students for the global curriculum and brings participants from different cultures together once a year at Yale University for the grand final named Super Bowl. Students study the designated curriculum of the program, which emerged as an alternative to traditional teaching and encourages interdisciplinary academic studies throughout the year. After participating in regional tournaments, eligible teams qualify to represent their school and country at the Super Bowl at Yale University.
The English Darts Club aims to enhance students’ English language proficiency and the discipline provided by the sport of darts. Players can improve patience, hand-eye coordination, tactical, and arithmetic skills. Students showing potential can join the successful school team and, after competing in the Sakarya Finals, can progress to the Marmara and Turkey National Championships.
FATE is a club that utilizes drama and tabletop games to promote imagination, strategic thinking, creativity, communication skills, and collaboration. Students engage in a variety of different games, including Dungeons & Dragons, Risk, Pandemic, and all of these are conducted in the English language. The primary focus of the club is Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), where the aim of the dramatic game is for students, with teacher support, to play as characters they create. The teacher guides the specially crafted characters through events based on a fantasy world, including battles, treasure hunts, and heroic rescues.
Club students combine their Russian speaking skills with their creativity to draw and write board games and small cartoon magazines, manga in Russian. The club, which contributes to the development of many features such as language skills, teamwork, discipline and creativity, also aims to contribute to the school library. A total of 2 exhibitions are organised, 1 at the end of each term.
The Entrepreneurship Club aims to help students learn about the business world, discover and realize their creative ideas, and to strengthen their entrepreneurial spirit. Students collaborate to create and manage a real company experience with the formation of “GençBizz”. Students will get the opportunity to gain a global perspective by meeting with inspirational expert guests, and participating national and international events. This club is dedicated to raising innovative leaders of the future.
Our main goals for club students are to contribute to the development of skills such as physical development, self-confidence, stage experience, teamwork, discipline and cooperation. In addition, our club students participate in in-school organizations and festivals to be held outside the school throughout the year with the performances they prepare during the year. If the number of applications is high, auditions are held. Students are expected to follow the club timetable as required and remember that this is a teamwork.
The aim of the Basketball Club is to help students who are interested in this sport to improve their skills and levels through technical-tactical exercises, and to help them become self-confident, self-expressive, physically healthy and socially strong, successful individuals who know how to help and share. It allows the students who will join the club to form the school team and represent the school.
Line to color club students have the opportunity to express themselves with lines and colors. They can express their thoughts and transform their thoughts into their own designs. To ensure the formation of self-confidence through art, to develop a sense of responsibility in individual or group work, cooperation and solidarity understanding of the concept. The works and products made during the process will be presented in the exhibition areas.
Our club was established to teach our students the basic principles of volleyball, provide them with the opportunity to play sports in a competitive environment and promote a healthy lifestyle. Our high school volleyball club emphasizes values such as friendship, discipline and responsibility as well as sports. It offers our students opportunities to learn not only how to play volleyball, but also the keys to success in life. The aim of our club is to support our students’ passion for sports and to strengthen them physically, mentally and emotionally. We welcome all students who want to experience the excitement of volleyball during their high school years and learn from this experience.
In our club, we plan to play mind games that help in solving skill-based questions in detail in both nationally and internationally recognized games. Our aim is to improve at mind games as well as reasoning and thinking skills of our students. Games such as Sudoku, Kendoku, Kakuro, Futoshiki etc. will help in solving new generation questions in preparation for university. Our games target students with different kinds of intelligence, such as verbal, visual, spatial etc. according to the Cattell – Horn – Carroll intelligence theory.
Club students are good book readers. They plan various activities to develop the habit and culture of reading books in their neighborhood and school community. They make suggestions to make the school library more attractive for library users. Assists the library teacher in the work necessary for the functioning of the library. Within the framework of the club, learners acquire many 21st century skills such as problem solving, communication, writing, oral expression, social and self-management, using scientific method, and research.
The Disaster Management Club helps students have awareness against disasters, prepare for them and interfere effectively. The club teaches what needs to be done before, during and after a disaster, as well as contributing to raise students’ awareness of disasters. The trainings they receive from the experts and workshop studies will inform them about disaster management and prepare them against possible disasters. This club aims to raise collective awareness about disaster management.
Our club provides an ideal environment for anyone looking to enhance their problem-solving skills, improve their mathematical thinking abilities, and apply this knowledge to real-world projects. In our club activities, we will cover a wide range of topics, both theoretical and practical. Starting from fundamental mathematical concepts, the sessions will delve into advanced topics such as group theory and graph theory. You will learn the foundations of modern cryptographic systems and apply classical encryption methods like Caesar, Affine, and Vigenère ciphers to secure information. Additionally, you will work on more complex algorithms, including symmetric encryption methods like DES and AES, and learn asymmetric encryption techniques such as RSA and Diffie-Hellman. You will have the opportunity to use your theoretical knowledge to develop your own algorithms and projects. Towards the end of the year, you will work on algorithmic design projects as part of the TÜBİTAK initiatives, allowing you to create and present your own projects. Our club aims not only to achieve academic success but also to contribute to society. In this regard, community service activities will be organized at certain times, providing you with the chance to develop your teamwork, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
