PolyAcademics
Student Life, Clubs and Activities
WELCOME! Our Preliminary Application for 2026-27 is now closed.
In addition to our extensive academic curriculum, Middle School students flourish in the wide array of clubs, affinity groups, and extracurricular activities that offer kids opportunities to explore new interests, talents, and friendships, and to identify passions they’ll continue to cultivate in Upper School and beyond.
MS Affinity Groups
- Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI)
- Black Student Affinity
- Boys Affinity
- Changing Families
- Christian Affinity
- Girls Affinity
- Girls Athletes
- Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA)
- Jewish Affinity
- Multilingual Affinity
- MultiRacial Affinity
- Neurodivergent Affinity
- Students of Color
- Unidad
- White Anti-Racist Alliance (WARA)
MS Clubs and Activities
- Advanced Strings
- Animated Movies
- Anime Club
- Arts & Crafts
- Basketball (Grades 5-6 and 7-8)
- Board Games
- Card Games
- Chess Club
- Classics/Latin Club
- Dungeons & Dragons Club
- Fitness Walking
- Flag Football (Grades 5-6 and 7-8)
- Greenhouse
- Interactive Film
- KPop
- Lacrosse
- Math Olympiad
- Middle School Musical
- Middle School Play
- Middle School Senate
- Polygon (student newspaper)
- Reading Club
- Rock Band
- Sketchbook Club
- Soccer Club (Grades 5-6 and 7-8)
- Step Team
- Study Hall
Poly PM
The Poly PM program offers students the opportunity to extend their day on the Dyker Heights campus and provides a home base for supervised study, homework, as well as activities for students to explore interests including enrichment in the arts, athletics, and academics.
Examples of recent Poly PM options include but are not limited to: Young Dancers, Improv & Sketch Comedy, Passport to Spanish, Writer’s Studio, Competitive Debate, Chinese Culture Creators, Young Singers, 3-D Modeling & Animation, Mythology Adventures, Poly Conservatory Lessons, and Digital Art.
Families register their students to participate in Poly PM each trimester. Activities, schedule, deadlines, and more details are available for families in the Parent Portal.
