HERE AT Granger there is a club called Lancer Action Team or LAT for short. Lancers Action Team is a club that gives back and helps out the community in addition to helping with school events. They do a lot of community service, each student is required to do 10 hours or more of community service outside of class. Most of the service is done at school, but students might occasionally visit the senior center or other locations in the community. 

Stefany Belmonte (12)  is one of the students that spends her time with the folks at the senior center. 

“When I visit the retirement I am extra thankful that I get to spend time with these amazing people. Many of these people have very unique untold stories. I usually sit down with them play games like chess, checkers and dominoes, they tell me the stories I always listen to them. Their stories are life advice, I’m so grateful I get to experience this and get to appreciate the older generation we have,” Belmonte said.

Lancers in Action accepts everyone to their club.  If you need service hours you can join LAT to get them. Martin Cruz(12) is one of the students that gets service hours from LAT. 

“LAT is a great way to get service hours. One of the events that I helped out was the ‘Under the Sea’ special ed homecoming. This was one of the best services they did this year yet. Seeing the students enjoying themselves, dancing with the football team and many more students I was glad I was apart of this beautiful moment. One for the books for sure,” Cruz said.

LAT is a very exciting club to join, as members get to experience a lot of new things, meet new people, and give gratitude for everything they do. A lot of the Lancers join for the experience. Samathan Landeros (11) is a Lancer that loves the experience. 

“LAT is wonderful class. I enjoy everyone in it and everyone that participates in the club.  I joined LAT for the experience. I met a lot of new people, met new friends. The main reason I joined LAT is to give back to the community, seeing the happy faces on everyone we help, bring joy to everyone, I feel like that’s a big blessing and there’s no price on that,” Landeros said.

A lot of students also join LAT because it looks good on college applications. LAT advisors will write college recommendation letters for those in the class. A lot of students going to college lack in the area of doing service. Some students join the club because the field they are hoping to study in requires service hours. LAT prepares students for college and for giving back to the community.  If any students are interested in joining LAT, they should talk to any of the counselors or talk to Mrs. Neibaur.