Students at Athens Drive have widespread interests and talents, but some might want a way to express their expertise uniquely. Math teacher Andrew Roberts is the adviser of the Athens Drive Guitar Club where students can enjoy playing music together.
“So initially at the beginning of the year, it was kind of every two weeks. Then I got real busy with Science Olympiad because our tournament was last weekend, but now that we’re done with Science Olympiad, I’m gonna try and do it every Friday just whoever wants to come, come on it. I understand you don’t have to be here every week, but if you can, you’re more than welcome to come on.”
The club is holding their meetings on every Friday of each week in room 2710 in the upstairs math hall, and no matter what level of skill you are, or how interested you are in guitar in general, the club is always open to new members across the school.
“ I’ve always enjoyed playing the guitar, and I had Mr. Roberts for math a couple of years ago, and I really enjoyed his class, so when I heard about him creating a guitar club, it really piqued my interest, so I went and it made me love playing guitar even more,” said Garrett Prince, senior at Athens Drive.
Students like Prince find that the guitar club gives them a way to express themselves to other people in the club by showing their talents to more people. If you are interested or even love to play guitar, this club was made for people like you and students like Prince.
The whole club would not be possible without the sponsor, math teacher Andrew Roberts. Outside of teaching various levels of math like AP pre-calculus and Science Olympiad, he enjoys playing the guitar. He sometimes even plays it during class as a way to add some liveliness to his classroom environment despite it being AP pre-calculus.
“I always enjoyed music. My family is [really] musical and my grandmother was a music teacher. I tried piano and it’s just not my thing. So I was in college, and I got a guitar for Christmas, and it was great ’cause in college you have a little more free time and so I was able to spend time every day practicing getting better. And so I learned pretty quick because I had that daily practice, so I thought, man, I wish I’d learned this earlier. Like, I wish I’d learned this when I was in middle or high school,” said Roberts.
