Students read, play games and work on crafts with their adopted grandparent. Holidays provide opportunities for singing and special programs. The Student Activity Committee consists of an elected representative from each Prime Time. Each grade level meets once a month to discuss problems and solutions that are suggested by the representative's Prime Time. Seventh and eighth graders are eligible for this society in the spring of their seventh or eighth grade year.
Scholarship is a key requirement along with service to the community, leadership and character.
Students are selected on the basis of a panel of teachers. NJHS sponors many school activities such as dances and holiday activities for underpriviledged children. This group has the responsibility for the creation of the Mahaffey Year Book. Students involved stay after school one day a week to work. The group choses the theme, the cover and the layout.