Heading into the new year, let’s look into the Myers Park High School’s 2022-23 Auto Club to get an inside scoop on their regular meetings and some of the club’s recent accomplishments. The club has been active at Myers Park for over ten years, and its attendance continues to prove vital with students who share similar interests in the automotive industry. Whether it is simply a hobby where one can learn many tasks to last them a lifetime, or a possible kickstart to a career path for a stronger auto future, the club helps motivate young students to be involved in something greater than themselves.
Separate from other clubs at Myers Park, , many activities made possible by The MP Auto Club are planned monthly for attendees. Along with the extensive activities, there are also weekly meetings held by the club to learn more about fixing and the basic necessities of automobiles. Some responsibilities taught through experience involve oil changes, rotation of tires, pulling nails out of tires, paint fixes, and more. There are constant learning experiences from teachers who bring their automobiles into the shop that need little fixes on their cars free of charge, so it is a win/win situation for both students and educators at Myers Park. Students at MP know the famous green gator driven around by administrators; well, there was a recent fix to one of them made by the club. They keep the park up to date and automobiles all around town in good shape. The club’s supervisor, Ms.Carlevatti, who has been a teacher at MP for many years, has always been beloved by members for her strong, loving attitude toward cars, her mentorship with the students, and her welcoming demeanor.
From the start of the 2022 school year, the auto club has had many successful movements toward raising money for basic necessities within the club. One of the most recent was the December car show, held in the Myers Park back senior parking lot. People all over Queen City registered their cars to be shown at the show, and the people from all over Charlotte did not disappoint and showed up to show their strong support of the auto club. Just to name a few car brands that showed up, there were cars such as Lamborghini, Ferrari, Mclaren, G-Wagon, and many more. The round-up had a huge turnout of viewers to spectate the amazing cars. During the roundup, an associate working for O’Reilly Auto Parts came to show their support and donated buckets with general car maintenance materials that will definitely be crucial for the club and put to great use. The company had heard about the car show on local radio just the day before. There was said to be over $2,700 raised in profit through registrations of cars, spectator support, and donations. The expensive and beautiful exhibited cars were said to be worth more than half a million dollars when added up to just under 90 cars registered. Members of the Charlotte community, MP students and faculty members, club leaders, and more were all part of the over 200 spectators total during that show.
After speaking with Junior club member Harris Jones, and Junior social media manager Hadley Smith, both had spectacular things to say about their experience in the club over the past couple of years.
When asked about what they enjoy most about the club, members said “…we are a family, we are the only automotive club in Myers park, and we have a racing team.” and Harris also said “The people, the teacher, Ms.Carlevatti, her daughter, and the atmosphere.” When describing their favorite aspects of the club.
It is always important to find a close community of people you can connect with that has similar interests to yourself.
I also had the chance to ask members if there are strong relationships that have been formed through the club; to which they said “Yes we have all created a big group of friends, getting along is not hard considering we have the same interests.”
The auto club is now planning a similar event to their December car show since they had such a successful turnout and a great time. The date has yet to be determined, but it will be around mid-May. Show your support, and be sure to check out the club’s Instagram page @MP_autoclub to find out more information.