HOW TO START A STUDENT CLUB AT ROCKVALE HIGH SCHOOL

Let’s Get Started

 

You may hear about all the different student clubs at Rockvale High School and wonder where they all come from? This guide will show you how to start a club from beginning to end including the things that will help it being approved and successful!

 

If you’ve considered what RVHS clubs have to offer and found nothing that truly excites you, you may want to consider forming your own.

 

Starting a new club is a great way for students to forge friendships over common interests. However, it requires you to follow rules and procedures including having a faculty sponsor, submitting a proposal and demonstrating significant interest from students.

 

 

High School Club Ethics

 

Getting involved in clubs, both inside and outside of school, allows students to explore and develop interest that they may want to pursue in college and beyond.

 

“The 1984 Federal Equal Access Act imposes national rules on the formation of high school clubs. The law states that if the school receives government funding, it must provide equal opportunity for meeting places and access to facilities for all religious or political clubs. Meetings would be student-run, refrain from any disruptive activities and have faculty advisers that act only as supervisors for religious clubs, not participants.”

 

Identify Your Interest

The first step is the most important- coming up with a good idea. After you figure out what you’d like to do, find students to help you with the club. It’s best to gather a variety of students who will bring to the club a plethora of interests, experiences and perspectives.

 

Next, find a sponsor. Your club must have a faculty sponsor.

 

 

What's next?

Once a teacher has been approached to sponsor a club, the teacher will fill out the online form in the faculty Sharepoint site. Once filled out, they can have an interest meeting with sign-ups in Flex during Rocket Time. At the first interest meeting, club permission forms (Opt-In forms) will need to be passed out to potential members. For students to be part of the club, they will have to turn in a permission form to the club sponsor. Students may not attend meetings unless the form is on file with the club sponsor.