Clubs

Artists of Rock Canyon

To bring growing artists with RCHS together to share their love for art, to learn from each other and display their art and passion.

Faculty Sponsor: Kennetha Miller

Student Leader: Kaley Kingman

Meeting:  Monthly, on Tuesdays, at 10:00am, room 7400.  

Badminton Club

To learn the fundamentals of badminton, practice skills, and have fun.

Facutly Sponsor: Tonia Miller

Student Leader: Saiteja Kari

Meeting: Every other Friday after School 3:00-3:45pm, 8000 pod.  

Bake My Day

This club is for students with an interest in baking and a passion for fundraising. Proceeds will be donated to various non-profits.

Facutly Sponsor: Alison Carter

Student Leaders: Shreya Behera and Aimee Barton

Meeting:  Monthly, during Access, room 3700.  

Be the Light

As a community of like-minded believers, we strive to grow in our faith and spread the love of God to those around us through studying the Bible, worshipping, and serving together.  We have Bible study, guest speakers, games and treats.

Faculty Supervisor: Deborah Seaquist

Student Leader: Avery Monroe

Meeting: Weekly on Tuesdays, 7:00am, room 9700. 

Beyblade Club

An opportunity for Beyblade fans to enjoy the game at school.

Faculty Sponsor: Desi Rozen

Student Leader: Logan Shipman

Meeting: Weekly on Thursdays, during Access, room 2100.  

Books and Banter

To read and discuss book.  To watch movies. 

Faculty Sponsor:  Kristin Greenleaf

Student Leader: Trinity Carroll

Meeting:  Bimonthly, Tuesdays, 3:00-4:30, room 3300.  First meeting 9/19/23

Campus Life

To develop community with RC Students that might not already know each other by fostering a fun salfe place where student can come and be themselves.  We love Jesus and creating an atmosphere wehre students can get to know him!  Stop by for a good time!

Faculty Supervisor:  Tony Koy

Campus Life Leader: Josef Lovin

Meeting:  Wednesdays 7:00am, and Thursdays 7:00pm, room 9850

Casino Club

Join the Casino Club to have fun while making new friends.  We will play classic casino games without the exchange of money or anything considered monetary.

Faculty Sponsor:  Katerina Casas

Student Leader: Bobby Parker

Meeting:  Bimonthly on Mondays, 3:00-4:00pm in the library.  

Ceramics Club

To allow students the options to work with clay outside of classes.  We will be making mugs either as a fundraiser or to donate to a local organization.

Faculty Sponsor: Ellen Renard

Student Leaders: Maci Nolte and Bella Smoldt

Meeting: During Access room 7100.

Chess Club

Faculty Sponsor:  Desi Rosen

Student Leader: 

Meeting:  Wednesdays after school in the Library

Code Connect

To learn coding and volunteer at the Rock Heights Middle School to teach kids to code.

Faculty Sponsor:  Rebecca Uchyn

Student Leaders: Neelima Killi and Reyaa Divakar

Meeting: Bimonthly meetings, during Access, room 9450

Colorado Cubing Club

This Club teaches how to solve rubik's cubes, but also has competitive competitions across Colorado.  Practice sessions weekly.  Partnering with the WCA (World Cube Association) to host a cubing competition.

Faculty Sponsor: Andrew Watkins

Student Leaders: Danush Murugesan and Arnav Kandukuri

Meeting: Fridays after school, 3:00pm, room 4126

Colorado History

To teach Colorado history and to go on engaging trips top learn that history.

Faculty Sponsor: Larissa Fillingham

Student Leaders: Aaron Martinez and Brayden Klickna

Meeting: During Access, room 5000B.  

Create Club

A way for artists to share their art and learn from others.

Faculty Sponsor: Colleen Lamb

Student Leader: Alexandra Jacot

Meeting: Bimonthly, Tuesdays, 3:00-3:30pm, room 3400.  

Cricket Club

Sports development, social engagement and character building.  To practice and sometimes have matches with other teams.

Faculty Sponsor: Mary Burnham

Student Leaders: Krishiv Singh

Meeting: Monthly on Tuesdays, after school, 3:00-3:55,  room 3500.  

Current Events Club

Meeting to help RCHS students become more aware world citizens. 

Faculty Sponsor: Tim Marshall

Student Leader: Katelyn Calfee

Meeting: Bimonthly on Tuesdays, during Access, room 5500.  

Crypto Club

A fun informative Club to help teach and introduce students to the new world of crypto currency.

Faculty Sponsor: Chris Cassic

Student Leader: Akhilesh Devmadhavan

Meeting: Monthly on Tuesdays, during Access, room 4000.  First meeting 9/14/23

CyberSecurity Club

Educate members in offensive and defensive cybersecurity skills and provide students the opportunity to participate in the AFA's National CyberPatriot Competition.

Faculty Sponsor: Chris Cassic

Student Leader: Philip Dobranowski

Meeting:  Monthy during Access, room 4000.  

Dance Club

To help others experience the joys of dance while promoting culture to larger audiences. the meetings are 1 hour long.  Leading members will be teaching choreography for an upcoming event or performance.

Faculty Sponsor: Skye Johnson

Student Leaders: Neha Barani, Navika Thomas, Mahi Chalicham

Meeting: Tuesdays, after school, 3:00pm.  The group meets in the back of the 9000 pod by the stairs.

Dare to Share Your Hair

To organize hair donations for children with hair loss.  To also provide ways to raise money for other organizations and the Rock Canyon Wish Kid.

Faculty Sponsor: Amy Hommel

Student Leader: Eliannah Nguyen

Meeting:  Monthly, during Access, room 5600

(Photo:  the Rock online, Kira Zizzo & Emily Wilson)

Drama Club

To provide a forum for information about theatre opportunities, auditions, etc. as well as a vehicle for social events, student leadership and the tracking of involvement towards lettering. Elected board of officers organize events and fundraisers.

Faculty Sponsor: Cindy Baker

Meeting: Meeting days vary, room 625, 3:00pm

Duel Club

To introduce people to the game of Yu-Gi-Oh 

Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game is a collectible card game developed and published by Konami. It is based on the fictional game of Duel Monsters.

Faculty Sponsor: Desi Rozen

Student Leader: Kai McElderry

Meeting: Weekly on Thursdays, during Access, room 2100

Dungeons and Dragons

To host a space for players and Dungeons Masters - new and advanced. To play D&D together.

Faculty Sponsor:  Colleen Lamb

Student Leader: Alexandra Larson

Meeting: Thursdays after school, 3:00-5:00pm, room 3400

East Asian Student Association

Monthly themed meeting.  First part of the meeting is a lesson on the theme's relevance throughout East Asia and how it might differ in other countries.  The lesson is followed by engaging activities and challenges related to the theme.

Faculty Sponsor: TBD

Student Leader: Alicia Tan

Meeting: Monthly during Access (day TBD), room 8050

ECO Club

Educating students more about the environment and improving our campus.

Faculty Sponsor: Jenny Wills

Student Leaders: Eric Sprengel, Noah Beirne, Abhiraj Ratnaker and Olivia Brewer

Meeting: Wednesdays after school, 3:00-3:45pm, room 3200.

Future Focused Scientists (FFS)

Our club will surround practical lab learning experiences to prepare students for their future science careers.  We will also discuss college applications for science specific majors/minors.

Faculty Sponsor: Susanne Petri

Student Leaders: Railey Banat and Molly Tanaka

Meeting: Monthly on Wednesdays, 3:00-4:00, room 5200

Game Development Club

To learn how to create and make a game for the Game Development World Championship as well as have fun and make new friends.

Faculty Sponsor: Desiree Rozen

Student Leader: Jack McCormick

Meeting: During Access on Thursdays, room 2100.  

Girls' Persist

An inclusive program for teenage girls to find a safe and healthy community in which they can improve public speaking skills, teamwork, collaboration STEM based problem solving, professionalism and more. The program uses the proprietary Learn-it, Lead-it, and Perform-it framework to support self-confidence, critical thinking skills, and decision-making while influencing overall STEM persistence.

Program Facilitator: Dr. Carletta Stewart, Founder & CEO, Lady Trailblazer, Inc.

Faculty Sponsor:  Jaymie Irwin

Student Leaders: Mishika Bhatia, Sarah Callahan and Asmi Patil

Meeting: Bi-weekly, Tuesdays during Access, Collaboration Center in the LMC. 

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Grill Club

To bring Jags together over good food.  We use the available grills to cook and sell burgers and dogs.  

Faculty Sponsor: Jack Van Natta

Meetings/Grilling:  Depending on the events going on at Rock Canyon.

GSA

Creating and maintaining a safe, inclusive, creative space for queer students and allies.

Faculty Supervisor: Skylar Vernell

Student Leader: Lily Mulstay and Liliene Anderson

Meeting: During Access, room 3000A, beginning in September.  Meetings are mainly social based. 

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity is an organization where we help people that don't have homes.  We help build houses, paint, and sell materials.

Faculty Sponsor:  Jim McClurg

Student Leaders: Nadhi Naval and Prish Gupta

Meeting: Access, days TBD

Happy Crew

The purpose of the club is to raise mental health awareness and prevent suicide.  We provide skills to students to help better themselves.  This is very inclusive and a safe space for everyone.  We also give community service hours.

Non-faculty Sponsor: Amy Mays

Student Leader: Sophie Tobin

Meeting:  Off site at Sponsor's home: 6668 Lynx Cove. Weekly on Mondays, 7:00-8:00pm.  Contact Sophie for more information and directions.

Improv Club

To provide regular opportunities for students to refine skills in improvisation.  Improv nights are usually scheduled once a quarter.

Faculty Sponsor:  Cindy Baker

Meeting: Weekly meetings on Tuesdays, during Access, room 625.  

Interact Club

To promote "service above self" and to participate in community service with both local and global focus.

Faculty Sponsor: Mindy Moss

Student Leader:

Meeting: Bi-weekly, 7:00am, room 9100. First meeting date TBD

Jags Go Pink!

To build/re-build a community within Rock Canyon that raises breast cancer awareness.  We want to host fun activities and fundraisers such as a 5K.

Faculty Sponsor: Colleen Lamb

Student Leaders: Claire Weiffenbach and Amelia Solano

Meeting: Monthly, Tuesdays, during Access.  

Jewish Student Connection

To create a safe environment for Jewish students to connect.

Faculty Supervisor: Stephanie Powell

Student Leader: DJ Pines

Meeting: Tuesdays, before school, 7:00-7:30am, room 8800

Key Club

High School students perform acts of service in our community through blood drives, Light the Night (LLS), Run at the Rocks (ALA), Sweet Dreams in a Bag (homelessness) and more!

Faculty Sponsor: Christina Geis

Student Leaders: TBD

Meeting: Monthly, before school 7:00am

Khush Kahani

This club is mainly for girls (but not exclusively) as a group where we can discuss common misconceptions and problems in a healthy way.  It will be a safe space to discuss anything and everything.

Faculty Sponsor: Elizabeth Romito

Student Leaders: Natasha Amarnani, Danny Matto, Anoushka Nipunge

Meeting: Bimonthly on Thursdays, during Access, room 3550.  

Learning Link

The purpose of Learning Link is to tutor elementary students in both math and english and to give Rock Canyon student the opportunity to give back to their community by helping others.

Faculty Sponsor: Anna Tesdahl

Student Leaders: Sophia Mahen and Emerson Yu

Meeting: Mondays and Wednesdays, room 8100, 3:30-4:30pm.  

Letters for Rose

To write letters to the elderly to ease their loneliness.  

Faculty Sponsor: Cydney Tinsley

Student Leader: Abbey Walsh

Meeting:  First and third Tuesday of the month, during Access, room 5100. Students must stay the whole Access hour to earn community service credit.

Math Club

Math Club gathers students interested in math and provides them with a fun way to study for and take math competitions.

Faculty Sponsor: Karen Bukowski

Student Leaders: 

Meeting: Weekly on Wednesdays, 3:00-4:30pm, room 9500.  First meeting TBD

Medicine Club

To learn about medical concepts such as school pathways, cardiovascular health, suturing and more.

Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Seaquist

Student Leader: Isha Parikh

Meeting: Monthly, room 2300.  Time and first meeting date TBD

Mile High Backpack Drive 

We collect used backpacks from students to donate to kids in the Philippines. 

Faculty Sponsor: Andrew Watkins

Student Leader: Kirsten Buhay

A donation box is located outside the library.

Model United Nations

To create a simulation of the United Nations and encourage/give awareness to members about interdisciplinary activities and international issues and topics.

Faculty Sponsor: Kristin Greenleaf

Student Leaders: Jonathan Duong and Mishika Bhatia

Meeting: Bimonthly, Wednesdays, 3:00-4:00pm, room 3300.  

Mountain Bike Club

Faculty Sponsor:  Mike Sullivan

To allow students of all mountain bike skill levels to experience the sport.  Entry level to experiences riders - all are welcome!

Contact: Highlands Ranch Junior Cycling at HRJC.bike for information about the team, registration and fees.

Practice:  Meet at the Mountain Vista High School parking lot Monday, Wednesday and Fridays, 4:30-6:30pm

Lettering Requirements - subject to change, confirm with HRJC 

Pediatric Cancer Support Club (PCSC)

To show support towards pediatric cancer. To fundraise and apply those funds towards the purchase toys and other items for children in hospitals.

Faculty Sponsor: Colleen Lamb

Student Leader: Danny Mattoo

Meeting: Monthly on Wednesdays, after school, room 3400. 

Pickleball 

To teach students about this new sport, play, compete and have fun!

Faculty Sponsor: Tony Koy

Student Leaders: Quinn Cavey and Lance Christensen

Meeting:  Mondays, 3:30-5:00pm, Coyote Ridge Park

Ping Pong Club

To give students an opportunity to participate in a fun game, build relationships and sharpen their minds. 

Faculty Sponsor:  Aaron Carpenter

Student Leader: David Brabb

Meeting:  Access, in the Wrestling Room

Pokémon Club

To gather students who love and are interested in the Pokémon franchise.

Faculty Sponsor: Amy Kaylor Hogsett

Meeting: During Access on Tuesdays, room 2100.  

Python & Machine Learning

To introduce and get students involved in data analytics and machine learning. To explore this career path while being challenged with fun activities and gaining leadership opportunities.

Faculty Sponsor: Chris Cassic

Student Leaders: Arshia Koul and Nannapat Intongkam

Meeting: Bimonthly during Access, room 4000.  First meeting date TBD

Red Cross Club

To educate students about the Red Cross and urge tem to take the initiative within their communities and nations.  Present volunteer opportunities with the Red Cross to students to give them experience for humanitarian, health and public government jobs/programs.

Faculty Sponsor: Susanne Petri

Student Leaders: Nandini Murali and Hansika Lakkireddy 

Meeting: Monthly on Mondays, 3:00-3:30pm, beginning 9/18/23, room 5200

Rock Canyon Automotive Club

To bring together the car enthusiasts of RC and inspire a love for cars in others.

Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Nichols

Student Leader: Maxwell Walker

Meeting:  Monthly during Access or after school.  First Meeting 9/26/23

Rock Canyon Aviation Club

To allow fans of aviation to share their interest in the field of aviation, meteorology and aerodynamics.

Faculty Sponsor: Jack Van Natta

Student Leader: Evan Beuther

Meeting: Weekly meetings (day TBD), 3:00pm, room 8200

Rock Canyon Climbing Club

To climb!  We climb, compete, and build community.  We support one another to become better climbers. Student may climb competitively or socially.  Competitions will be with the American Scholastic Climbing League.

Faculty Sponsor:  Tianna Pytte

Student Leader: Kayden Ozdemir

Meeting: Climb times TBD

Lettering Criteria: Climbers must compete and earn enough points to qualify to score in three ASCL competitions in order to letter in the Rock Climbing Club.

Science Bowl

To prepare to compete at the State Science Bowl competition in March 2024.  Students are in charge of preparing practice questions for the meetings and create teams.

Faculty Sponsor: Kerry Reilly

Student Leader: Annie Gao

Meeting: Weekly on Wednesdays before school at 7:00am, room 4101.  

Science Olympiad

To prepare teams of students for the Regional and State Competitions.

Faculty Sponsor: Kerry Reilly and Jeff Nichols

Student Leader: Marabelle Cecil

Meeting: Weekly on Tuesdays after school at 3:00pm, room 4101 and 4102.

Society of Women Engineers

For students interested in Engineering.  Activities and presentations focusing on different types of engineering.

Faculty Sponsor: Anna Tesdahl

Student Leaders: Marley Johnston and Alexandra Jacot

Meeting: Bi-monthly on Thursdays, during Access. 

South Asian Students Association (SASA)

To celebrate the South Asian culture.

Faculty Sponsor:  Karen Bukowski

Student Leader: 

Meeting:  Monthly on Tuesdays, 3:00-4:00pm, room 9500.  First meeting date TBD

Steel City Codes

Teaching middle and elementary school students introductory and intermediate classes in Java/Python.  To also give RCHS students volunteer opportunities in week-long camps and after school clubs.

Faculty Sponsor: Chris Cassic

Student Leaders: Koushik Matli and Aryav Rastogi

Meeting: Mondays and Wednesdays, time TBD

Students Demand Action

To prevent gun violence in schools, advocate for better laws, to provide a safe place for people effected by guns.

Faculty Sponsor: Elizabeth Romito

Student Leader: Uma Kotwal and Rohan Kotwal

Meeting: Monthly, during Access, room 3550

Surgical Access Club

To observe surgery in Neurosurgery, general and ortho, all in a hospital or Operating Room.

Faculty Sponsor:  Desi Rozen

Non-faculty Coordinator: Autumn Kimball

Student Leaders: Severin Kimball and Guy Kimball

Meeting: TBD

Swiftie Club

To bond with other students over Taylor Swift and to create a fun environment.

Faculty Sponsor:  Devan Daugette

Student Leaders: Anoushka Nipunge, Halle Harker, Janah Elsell

Meeting: Room 3000B, meeting date and time TBD

Teens Facing Divorce

To provide a safe space for students to talk with their peers and trusted adults about their struggles in dealing with divorce.  To promote healthy methods of working through divorce.

Faculty Sponsor: Aaron Paul

Student Leader: Dax Hayward

Meeting: Monthly on Thursdays, during Access, room 4127.  First meeting date TBD

UNICEF

To help children in different parts of the world.

Faculty Sponsor: Rebecca Uchyn

Student Leader: Kate Shupe

Meeting: Wednesday, after school at 3:00pm, twice a month

Wildlife Club

For people who love wildlife, to make friends while helping animals and nature.

Faculty Sponsor:  Nikki Dobos

Student Leader: Alexandra Powers

Meeting: Every other week, Tuesdays, during Access, room 2500

Women's Empowerment

The purpose of Women's Empowerment Club is to provide a safe, inclusive and creative space in which women (and other students) are empowered and discussed.

Faculty Sponsor: Julia Dale

Student Leaders: Lily Mulstay and Tvisha Hariharan

Meeting: During Access, room 100, beginning in September