Student power at Myton is boosting sport and social activities while raising money for good causes.
The trailblazing secondary school is currently the only in Warwick to have its own rotary club, Interact.
It was set up in 2002 for both upper and lower sixth form years and is now a buzzing hive of fundraising activity. Its members organise a football tournament for years seven and eight as well as Christmas and Valentines school discos.
The funds raised go to places as varied as an Indian village, which has a new well partly funded by the busy students, and tsunami-hit South East Asia.
President Laura Williams, who presides over a team of around 20 sixth-formers, has set out to make 2005 better than ever. She said: "We work together and hold meetings on Thursday lunchtimes to find charities that are close to all of us.
"We like to find out about what they do and learn a bit about them, because we want to know where our money's going. At the moment we're giving funds to the tsunami appeal and two Aquaboxes are being flown out.
"These are filled with basic living essentials and when they're emptied can be used to filter river water.
"But we also organise a lot of other things, including Christmas and Valentines discos. Last year's students raised £700 but this time we're going for over £1000 and we're well on target to beat that already."
It may be a lunchtime club but it demands organisational skills of the student officers - future employers take note. On the agenda last week was a cake sale, the tsunami appeal, a Vision Aid collection of old glasses and counting the proceeds of the football tournament for the lower years.
Treasurer Charlotte Edwards, 16, said: "It does require a lot of commitment and I had to do work at home to get the football tournament up and running - it was stressful!
"But it was really good fun in the end and it helps younger students settle into the school. One of the best parts was handing out awards to the winning teams."
Clive Mason, of Warwick Rotary Club, was originally involved in a business simulation exercise at Myton and later went on to help set up Interact. He said: "Interact gets people involved at a young age in rotary activities. They have fun and help out with good causes - but there are also long-term benefits.
"It's great CV stuff, especially these days when students are leaving sixth form with a string of A-levels, employers want to know: 'what else have you done?'
"But they're helping people in need all the time and I think the work this club has done is an absolutely wonderful achievement."
