[mrnoble]

I had to do a double take at the OP to make sure it wasn't one of our students posting; we even have the chair-bot just like you do. If it helps at all, it should be clear by now that you are in very good company as far as being overlooked and ignored by counsellors, teachers, and administration. We all struggle with that issue.

One perhaps useful idea that has worked for us: our students volunteer to do outreach to incoming students and families as representatives of all clubs and sports. They share their robotics experience while promoting participation in lots of other activities too. This works because, to be honest, none of the other clubs bother to show for these events, so we have a monopoly.