Clubs & Activities

AASA

Do you love Anime or manga?  Then the Anime Club is the perfect place to share your passion! We watch and discuss popular and classic series and movies, explore art and connect with fellow fans. Whether you're a casual viewer or a die-hard otaku, everyone’s welcome. Come for the anime, stay for the community!

BSU is a student-run club that celebrates and promotes African culture, heritage, and community. Its goals include fostering cultural awareness, encouraging academic achievement, and supporting service initiatives both within Kennedy High School and in the wider community.: To empower HOSA members to become leaders in the global health community.   Focus: The organization helps students develop leadership, technical, and professional skills for future careers in health care.

The CAD Club is a creative and innovative program where students explore the exciting world of engineering design and 3D modeling. Members use professional design tools like TinkerCAD and OnShape to bring their ideas to life — from concept sketches to detailed digital prototypes.

The Student Advisory Council will give students an opportunity to co-create and amplify career awareness, exploration, and programming within the student community. Student Council members will assist in organizing events and campaigns to promote career exploration and postsecondary planning. 

Students create clay sculptural and functional pieces of their own design. Students can also sketch and draw.

We talk about cricket, and we are working on an application to make cricket an official MCPS sport.

Students interested in sharpening their research and public speaking skills should look no further than debate club! Students spend time preparing for monthly debates, where pairs will face off against students from across the county. Club meetings are spent researching for upcoming debates, taking part in mock debates, and working on public speaking skills.

This is the club for the Spring Musical, that will meet most Tuesdays - Fridays from mid-January through mid-April. Student Advisory Council will give students an opportunity to co-create and amplify career awareness, exploration, and programming within the student community. Student Council members will assist in organizing events and campaigns to promote career exploration and postsecondary planning. 

The club is an organization for students from Ethiopian and Eritrean backgrounds, as well as any other students interested in our culture. We gather to socialize, form friendships, and promote awareness of our culture within the school and community. Our plans include holding cultural showcase events, celebrating holidays, and finding ways to help students and the community take pride in and feel a sense of belonging to our culture.

Forensics Club is a competitive speaking and acting team that celebrates the art of public speaking

Motto: “Language is a getaway to understanding the world from different perspectives and to creating work and travel opportunities.” Purpose: The goal of the French Club is to promote interest in and understanding of the Francophone (French-speaking) world. Objective of the French club: to improve oral expression through various activities: reading short stories, discussion of movies, songs, and conversation.  Requirements to join the club:  be enrolled in an IB French class. understand that this will be an academic club where oral expression skills will be worked on. behave responsibly and follow the code of conduct. be patient and cooperative, seeking to excel in the use and understanding of French, our club's language of study. Meets: Salle 2500 - After School - the meetings will be held every other Wednesday, from 2:45 to 4:15  Link

Watering Plants is DAILY  at lunch. We talk about plant and planting seeds, we grow plants from seeds, we sell plants to buy more supplies like soil, pots, seeds etc.

Computer Science

Learn, Practice, discuss and explore guitar playing, styles of guitar music, famous musicians Club is a competitive speaking and acting team that celebrates the art of public speaking talk about cricket, and we are working on an application to make cricket an official MCPS sport.

Mission: To empower HOSA members to become leaders in the global health community.   Focus: The organization helps students develop leadership, technical, and professional skills for future careers in health care.

The club is for ambitious students interested in exploring a career in the medical field. Through guest lectures, skill workshops, and community outreach, we provide early exposure to the healthcare industry and develop critical skills for future success.  Plants is DAILY  at lunch. We talk about plant and planting seeds, we grow plants from seeds, we sell plants to buy more supplies like soil, pots, seeds etc.

Club to bring representation to our Hispanic students through empowerment and and enrichment and advocacy 

The Italian Club provides students with an engaging space to explore Hispanic language and culture beyond the classroom. Members participate in cultural activities, celebrations, and community events, including music, dance, cuisine, and traditions from Spanish-speaking countries. The club encourages practicing Spanish through games, conversation, and collaborative projects, fostering language skills, cultural appreciation, and friendships among students with shared interests.

Students who are unable to be in my academy, and want to cover sports, will learn a little bit about recording and interviewing so they can cover sports games. club is for ambitious students interested in exploring a career in the medical field. Through guest lectures, skill workshops, and community outreach, we provide early exposure to the healthcare industry and develop critical skills for future success.  Plants is DAILY  at lunch. We talk about plant and planting seeds, we grow plants from seeds, we sell plants to buy more supplies like soil, pots, seeds etc.

Majorette and Colorguard is a dance team that focuses on performances at various events including football games, basketball games, pep rallies, parades, and other school events. Majorette is mostly using dance and batons while Colorguard uses dance and flags. This is a great team for students who enjoy dancing and performing.

STEM club which participates in competitions sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.  is a student-run club that celebrates and promotes African culture, heritage, and community. Its goals include fostering cultural awareness, encouraging academic achievement, and supporting service initiatives both within Kennedy High School and in the wider community.: To empower HOSA members to become leaders in the global health community.   Focus: The organization helps students develop leadership, technical, and professional skills for future careers in health care.

The Minority Scholars Program is a student led, student based, and student driven program, aimed at closing the opportunity gap. We advocate for students of color to experience equity, a sense of belonging, and fully thrive in school and our communities. We work to empower students to analyze and disrupt racial inequities and systems of oppression in our schools.

If you are interested in learning about other countries, public speaking, and leadership opportunities, Model UN is the club for you! Students compete against delegates from other schools to best represent their assigned country in a mock-United Nations setting. Kennedy MUN will also be hosting a Middle School conference this year in March.

The National Art Honor Society (NAHS) recognizes and supports outstanding high school students in the visual arts by fostering their artistic skill, scholarship, service, and leadership through various programs and opportunities. NAHS promotes the value of art education, offers peer and public recognition, provides college and career preparation, and encourages community engagement and leadership among its members.

National Honor Society has been a leader among organizations and societies that encourage recognition for students exemplifying outstanding achievement in the areas of scholarship, character, leadership, and service. 

Students meet weekly to design and publish a quarterly newsletter of student creations.

A safe space for LGBTQ+ students to make friends and eat lunch on Fridays Minority Scholars Program is a student led, student based, and student driven program, aimed at closing the opportunity gap. We advocate for students of color to experience equity, a sense of belonging, and fully thrive in school and our communities. We work to empower students to analyze and disrupt racial inequities and systems of oppression in our schools.

A membership of JFK 9th-12th graders students to the Science National Honor Society is beneficial to students and schools as it promotes academic excellence, fosters a sense of community, enhances science education, and positively impacts students by providing recognition, networking opportunities, skill development, and avenues for community service. UN helps students gain confidence in public speaking and debate, as well as practice in leadership roles through club leadership and attending conferences with students from all over the country. create the sets from scratch, Design the lights and sound, and then manage the chaos during the show.  to bring representation to our Hispanic students through empowerment and and enrichment and advocacy 

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SGA Sophomores

SheLeads Club is a free, student-led leadership space to build real confidence through meaningful conversation, develop leadership and life skills through hands-on activities, and to connect with a nationwide network of changemakers.

The club meets every other Wednesday, at 2:50. See dates on posters around the building for specific meeting dates.

See Ms. Méléance before and/or after school in room 1336. 

The Spanish Club provides students with an engaging space to explore Hispanic language and culture beyond the classroom. Members participate in cultural activities, celebrations, and community events, including music, dance, cuisine, and traditions from Spanish-speaking countries. The club encourages practicing Spanish through games, conversation, and collaborative projects, fostering language skills, cultural appreciation, and friendships among students with shared interests.

This club is for any student that is interested in science, technology, engineering, or math.  During club meetings we conduct hands-on experiment, complete engineering challenges, and participate in scientific competitions.

Stock Market Club is a gathering of students interested in learning the basics of stocks, trends, and the forces that move the market! Everyone is welcome!

The student-directed book club selects from a wide range of genres with a particular focus on YA novels. We meet bi-weekly to discuss themes and personal connections.  Also, we have cookies!

Students for Asylum and Immigration Rights -- student led activist club focused on immigration rights in MCPS and the US is a student-led leadership spaces for high school girls to build real confidence through meaningful conversation, develop leadership and life skills through hands-on activities, and connect with a nationwide network of change makers. 

We create the sets from scratch, Design the lights and sound, and then manage the chaos during the show. 

Christian based bible study club.

Students respond to bi-weekly writing and creative prompts. The students work together to solicit literary and artistic creations from the student body.  We edit and publish a full-color, printed magazine each spring.

Students in Yearbook produce Kennedy's longest-running print publication, The Legacy. Yearbook is offered both as an elective class and as a club, allowing students to fit their desired level of involvement into their schedule. Through participation in Yearbook, students have an opportunity to tell the story of life at Kennedy while developing skills in writing, editing, photography, design, entrepreneurship, and leadership.