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Clubs 2007/2008
Anime Club
Trudi Niewiaroski, Rm S5, Tuesdays, lunchtime. An opportunity to watch and discuss anime films with other fans.
Archeology Club
Bob Hines Rm 215, Thursdays, 2:15. This a long-standing club involved in washing, cleaning, and analyzing actual local artifacts. Students go out on digs, in conjunction with other local high schools, about 6-7 times in the school year.
Asian American Club
Theresa Chee, Rm 124, every other Wednesday, lunchtime. The club provides an opportunity for Asian students to share their various Asian cultures with each other. Overall, the club fosters Asian pride while making friends and having fun at the same time. There are often joint events and activities with other Asian Clubs in Montgomery County.
Baby Steps Club
Vacant, meet infrequently, listen to RMBC for details. The baby steps club raises money for orphaned children in China, through the Half the Sky Foundation. Students can earn SSL hours when the club engages in fundraisers.
Black Maskers
Emily Krebs, Auditorium, daily during rehearsal, after school. This is the school’s drama club which puts on 2-3 productions a year. There are positions for students both on stage and backstage.
Chinese Club
Gwen Wang, Rm 20, every two weeks, after school. The club’s goals are to promote the culture and language of China, and to help newcomers from China.
Classic Film Club
Christiane Nugent, Rm 18, every other Friday, after school. The purpose of this club is to introduce students to the best of American and International classic movies such as Casablanca, with an opportunity to discuss them afterwards.
Color Guard Club
Peter Perry, Field, Tuesdays/Thursdays, after school. This club meets with Marching Band Club as part of it, though it also uses flags.
Creativity Action & Service ( CAS )
Anu Sekhsaria, Rm 232, Fridays, lunchtime. This club helps students design and implement activities that satisfy the IB requirements for creativity, action, and service hours.
Cyber Club
Chamy Wijeratne,Rm 215, Fridays, after school. The purpose of this club is to create a comfortable environment in which students can use a computer. Students learn how to utilize the computer to search for business and entertainment purposes.
Debate Club
Peter Beach, Rm208, Wednesdays, lunchtime. This club offers an opportunity for students to debate against students from other local schools.
Democracy Matters Club
Bill Vicari, details TBA. The club aims to educate students regarding politics, to advocate the clean elections campaign, to lobby congress, and to show support for making more ethical campaign finance laws.
Eastern European Club ( EEC )
Parfait Awono, meets Fridays, lunchtime, room details to follow. To promote Eastern European cultures among the student body, as well as raise awareness of the Eastern European heritage of many of the students. The club also explores the languages, customs, art, films and cuisines of the various nationalities of Eastern Europe. Finally the club supports impoverished children in Eastern Europe through actions such as fundraising and clothing drives.
Environmental Club
Stephen Wright, Rm 233, Fridays, after school. Join us and help lead the recycling effort for the school.
Fashion Club
Emily Krebs, Rm A1, Wednesdays, lunchtime. This club gives students the opportunity to learn fashion design, while putting together a charity fashion show.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
Connie Chang, weekly, other details TBA. This club provides students, athletes and non-athletes alike, an opportunity to meet to study and worship God together.
Fine Lines
Paul Kline/Dave Dumas, Rm 225, meeting times vary. Fine Lines is RM’s award winning literary and visual arts magazine, which is published annually each spring. Students can participate as editors and staffers who review and comment on submissions, and/or as artists or writers who submit pieces to be reviewed for possible publication.
Foreign Film Club
Christiane Nugent, Rm 18, every other Friday, after school. The goal of the club is to introduce students to filmmaking in other parts of the world.
French Honor Society
Christiane Nugent, Rm 18, every other Wednesday, lunchtime. The club’s goals are to promote the French culture and its language. The club also honors high-performing French students.
Future Educators Club
Julie Good, meets every other week, further details to follow. Interested in teaching as a career? This group meets to discuss education issues, to recognize outstanding teachers, and also visits RM’s cluster schools to observe teaching at various grade levels. All Rocket Corp interns are automatically members.
Gay/Straight Alliance (GSA)
Molly Scanlon/Virginia Azuree, Writing Center, Fridays, lunchtime. The purpose of the club is to promote tolerance and understanding of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals, and to provide a safe space for RM students who identify as such, and want equal rights for all citizens regardless of sexual orientation. Activities include participation in the Day of Silence and the AIDS Walk.
Girls’ Book Club
Davina Smith, Rm 225A, one Friday a month, lunchtime. A venue where a group of girls can choose the books they want to read and enjoy themselves outside of school. Books will be discussed at meetings. The club also fosters a joy in reading and aids in the development of intellectual analysis of literature.
Historical Movies & Documents Club
Gonzalo Quirega, Friday, after school, room details TBA. The club offers an opportunity to watch movies famous during certain time periods, and discuss what historical facts made these movies popular.
Improv Club
Emily Krebs,Rm A1, Tuesdays/Thursdays, lunchtime. This club offers students the opportunity to learn and play improv games.
International Club
Todd Garlow, meeting days are determined at the beginning of the school year. The club offers students the opportunity to learn about other countries and cultures, and to present information about their own culture to other club members. The main event, International Night, includes many musical performances from a variety of countries as well as cultural table displays.
International Space Station Design
Mike Willard, Rm 227, Mondays, lunchtime. The purpose of the club is to draw up and design a proposal for a requested space station, to compete in NASA’s annual ISSD competition in March.
It’s Academic
Dan McKenna, Rm 221, Tuesdays/Thursdays, time TBA. This club provides students with the opportunity to compete against regional and national teams in academic quiz tournaments.
Jewish CultureClub
Sharon Cooper/Jill Selman/Ariella Gilbert, Rm 220, meetings as required, lunchtime. This club offers an opportunity for all students of all backgrounds to learn about Jewish culture. The club engages in many events throughout the year.
Juggling Club
John Chase, Multi-purpose room, Tuesdays, lunchtime. Provides a supportive environment for students to learn, practice, and enjoy juggling and other performance skills with their peers.
Key Club
Molly Clarkson, Rm 228, Mondays, time details to follow. The motto is “Caring – our way of life.” The club is a student-led, national organization that teaches leadership through serving others.
Knitting Club
Vacant, Rm 233, Fridays, lunchtime. Students knit scarves, hats, and blankets for a local homeless shelter, gaining SSL hours for their hard work
Ladies With Character Club
Teresa Boyd, Rm 205, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 3:30-4:15 (changes semester 2 to Wednesdays). This club focuses on character building topics including integrity, responsibility, making good choices, service to others, academic goals, college decisions, mentoring, manners and etiquette. Activities include Holiday Food Drives, Volunteering for service hours, Ice Skating, and Mother/Daughter Tea.
Latin Dance Club
Nilma Martin-Antonetti, details TBA. This club offers students an opportunity to learn Spanish dances.
LEO Club
Barbara Carper, Rm S9, Wednesdays, lunchtime. A community service club that does fundraising events to help area charities, disaster groups, and Global Poverty Project.
Marching Band
Peter Perry, Field, Tuesdays/Thursdays, after school. This group puts together all instrumental competitive field shows, marching band competitions, and community events. Please contact Peter Perry if interested in performing in Jazz Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, or Orchestra.
Marshall-Escalante Society
Maria Nunez-Gaylor, details TBA. This club is made up of Black and Hispanic IB students, and the main focus is to recruit students from underrepresented minority groups into the IB Program. Marshall-Escalante members attend and speak at recruitment meetings with the IB Coordinator, and tutor at neighboring elementary and middle schools, while also offering support for those already in the IB Program.
Mathletes Club
Matt Davis, Math Hall, Wednesdays, after school. This club offers students an opportunity to do non-traditional math problems and to meet other schools.
Meditation Club
Ariella Gilbert, Rm 212, Tuesdays, lunchtime. Meditation classes, taught by Curt Steinmetz, offer a chance to learn new ways to relax from the stresses of daily life.
Mock Trial Club
Dan Evans, Rm 211, Thursdays, then as required, lunchtime/after school. Mock Trial is an interscholastic match providing students a form in which to dramatize and compete in a fictionalized trial.
Music Club
Ron Frezzo, Rm A3, 2nd Tuesday lunchtime & 4th Monday after school. This club gives students an opportunity to perform vocally, or just listen to others perform, in a non-threatening situation.
National History Club
Bob Hines, Rm 215, once a month, lunchtime. The club’s goals are to promote the study and interest in history. The club aims to do this through viewing relevant films and by outings to museums and battlefields, among other local historical sights of interest. The club is also documenting the history of the first RM building by putting together a time capsule, with the intention of putting it in a display case in the new building.
National Honor Society (NHS)
Maria Nunez-Gaylor, details TBA. The four pillars of this community service organization are Scholarship, Service, Character, and Leadership. To be nominated by their teachers and extracurricular activity sponsors, a student must be a Junior or Senior with 3.5 or above unweighted GPA and must show exceptional demonstration of the pillars. In order to graduate with NHS Honors, students must complete 20 hours of community service during membership in the club.
Philosophy Club
Robert Thomas, Rm 216, Thursdays, lunchtime. This club provides a setting for anyone interested in philosophy to discuss philosophical issues and topics.
Pit Orchestra
Peter Perry, meets Feb-April, other details TBA. This is the instrumental ensemble that accompanies the Spring Musical.
Popping/Break Dancing Club
Trudi Niewiaroski, Dance Studio, Thursdays, lunchtime. Learn and practice Korean-style popping/break dancing.
Puzzle Club
Nilma Martin-Antonetti, Rm 13, Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30. Challenge your mind while having fun making puzzles. There will also be puzzle competitions.
Robotics Club
Frank Krach, details TBA. This club offers students the opportunity to compete in regional robotics competitions.
Shakespeare Club
Catharine Ferguson, Rm 225, Fridays, lunchtime. The club provides a setting to discuss Shakespeare and his works with other like-minded fans. The club also puts together an annual performance for the Folger Shakespeare Festival.
Soccer Club
Chamy Wijeratne, Rm 115, lunchtime, day TBA. This club brings together fans in order to discuss events involving the international soccer community.
South Asian Club
Anu Sekhsaria, Rm 232, Thursdays, lunchtime. The club meets to help improve the understanding of the South Asian culture.
Spanish National Honor Society
Maria Solerno, meet as required, further details TBA. Members seek to learn more about Hispanic cultures and tutor students in Spanish. Activities include movies, outings to Spanish restaurants, and salsa dance lessons.
Step Team Club
Thomas Pickrel, details TBA. In this new club, ladies are to provide rhythm with the coordination of dancing and stepping, without the use of music.
Student Academy of Sciences Club
V
irginia O’Donoghue, Rm 231, Thursdays, time TBA. This club offers students a chance to complete science-related SSL activities, receive information about science-related competitions, and be encouraged to participate.
Student Government ( SGA )
Toni Kelliger, Auditorium, monthly, time TBA. Joining the SGA gives students the opportunity to shape school policy.
The Tide
Jonathan Taylor, Rm 213, Tuesdays, lunchtime. The Tide is RM’s student newspaper which is open to all. Sections include News, Op-Ed, Arts, Features, International, La Marea, and Sports. Editors, writers, and photographers welcome.
Tri-M Music Honor Society
Peter Perry, Rm A4, Friday once a month, lunchtime. In this club, students perform community and service-oriented functions.
Web/Graphic Design Club
Chamy Wijeratne, Rm 115 on Mondays/Media Center after school. This club offers an opportunity for interested students to learn web and graphic design using Photoshop. Members create websites and posters for other clubs in the school, among other projects.
Young Black Leaders (YBL)
Maria Nunez-Gaylor, details TBA. Club motto: “To Educate and to Empower.” The goal is to abolish stereotypes while educating others about what it means to be a successful Black person in today’s society. Activities include programs that benefit the Black community both inside and outside school, and hosting a Poetry Slam and RM’s Annual Talent Show.