Climate club engages in sustainability efforts around the RMHS campus and beyond. At our meetings, we review ongoing projects, share new volunteering opportunities, and present a short slideshow with climate change fun facts. This year, we’re focusing on improving schoolwide sustainability through recycling initiatives. We plan to participate in the NexTrex recycling program again and launch a battery drive to reduce harmful waste. Join us for volunteering opportunities and to learn how you can mitigate climate change today!
Key features:
Collaboration: In the past we implemented a low flow faucet aerator project that helped save over 300,000 gallons of water.
Global stewardship: We aim to educate students about climate change through monthly meetings.
Volunteering: Our students are able to earn SSL hours by volunteering with us.
Sponsor: eleanor_park@mcpsmd.org
Raise awareness for the organization Doctors Without Borders, talk about focuses and activities of the organization, and countries/areas that are receiving (or in need of) humanitarian aid from organizations like DWB.
Key features:
1. Regular fun presentations on groups in need of medical assistance and what is going on
2. Snacks and Kahoots at every meeting
3. Opportunity for club members to help those in need, either through donating (to the organization Doctors Without Borders) or advocacy projects (presenting at the meeting, creating digital flyers) for ssl hours
Sponsor: Lisa_J_MacFarlane@mcpsmd.org
EcoMoco RMHS is a chapter of the national student-led environmental organization, Eco Moco. Our purpose is to increase environmental awareness and practically contribute to the community through community-based projects.
Key features:
Environmental Awareness
Community outreach
Environmentally-focused activities
Sponsor: allison_g_adams@mcpsmd.org
The Educated Earthlings is a club for people who want to learn not just about common environmental topics like pollution and food waste, but about the overlooked topics such as the meat industry, over-consumption, idling, and pesticides. Participants will be able to share their own experience in helping the environment, and we will also teach students a variety of environmental hacks for a more sustainable life so they can do their part in conserving our planet.
Key features:
1. Presentations, given every other week, on various environmental topics/hacks in detail
2. Opportunities for you to share what you personally do to help out the environment
3. Anyone can join! Snacks will be provided during presentations; it's a calm place to learn more about environmental issues with your friends :)
Sponsor: bessy_r_albaugh@mcpsmd.org
EmpowHER is the RM chapter of the National Organization for Women. NOW was founded in 1966, and is the largest organization of feminist activists in the US. NOW aims to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women in all aspects of life. We will learn about different relevant topics, advocate at RM and in the community, and respond to circumstances with action as they come up. It’s a group who works to support and uplift female and non-binary students, but anyone can join!
RM Chapter of the National Organization for Women, the largest feminist grassroots organization in the US
NOW is intersectional, and focuses on many different topics and issues relating to feminism and equality
At meetings, we will learn, advocate, and organize actions
Sponsor: lisa_j_macfarlane@mcpsmd.org
The Green Team is a place for passionate environmentalists to come together and advocate for pressing environmental change, while also participating in environmental sustainability projects in the county. This is the perfect opportunity for students to speak out against unjust policies and environmental degradation in MOCO. Students can receive SSL or CAS hours by participating.
1. Experience in environmental advocacy and leadership
2. Participation in community service projects
3. Extensive opportunities for SSL and CAS hours
Sponsor: TBD
Organization working towards building better healthcare access primarily for local residents who recently immigrated to the US (and their children).
Learning to write testimony
Connecting with legislators
Getting more involved in healthcare
Sponsor: nathaniel_mason@mcpsmd.org
This club fundraises money for medical supplies and projects in Latin America and around the world. We may also take trips to these places to help (OPTIONAL, not club sponsored) and work with the organization.
Medical focus
Activism for people in poverty
Fundraising events
Sponsor: Karl_F_Kovacs@mcpsmd.org
This club is a space and a community for RM athletes where they can learn about strategies on how to balance a school and sports related lifestyle, while maintaining a healthy mindset.
We will have sports psychologists, college coaches and other sport professionals coming to the club as guest speakers providing insight, strategies and other helpful materials to student athletes on ways that they can balance their mental health and their school work.
Sponsor: carlos_montalvan@mcpsmd.org
Morgan's Message is a non-profit organization that advocates for mental health in student-athletes. They strive to end the stigma surrounding mental health, normalize conversations and equalize mental treatment. They also encourage peer discussions and want to uplift those who are suffering in silence to get help. As a chapter of Morgan's Message, RM would have meetings discussing mental health and how to cope with the difficulties of being a student-athlete, engage in club activities to promote self-care and wellness; and have dedication games where a sport will have one home game Morgan's Message-themed and information will be shared there.
Students will be able to:
1. help others by spreading awareness for mental health challenges,
2. help themselves with their own challenges and stressors of being student-athletes or students, and
3. grow in their own knowledge in addition to making friends and having a space to relate to one another.
Sponsor: stacey_m_boccher@mcpsmd.org
A meeting place for those that are interested in the protection of the oceans and marine life.
Our activities include:
Fun presentations about the ocean and its constituent life!
Participating in waste cleanups at school, in neighborhoods and the wider community!
Advocating for more passion and less pollution!
Sponsor: renee_l_harmon@mcpsmd.org
Our club is for anyone interested in promoting awareness and action around energy conservation in our school and community!
Our activities include:
1. Regular presentations and trivia on ways to conserve energy.
2. Expert guest speakers
3. Awareness campaigns through posters, social media, etc.
Sponsor: Stacey_M_Boccher@mcpsmd.org
We will be meeting one a month, and in each meeting we will discuss a different refugee situation worldwide and we will discuss what the circumstances are and then we will advertise different well known and trusted places to donate (like unicef, who, etc) nothing will be forced. it's more of an advertisement for activism.
Key features:
- refugee and situational awareness
- meaningful discussions
- how to aid others in need
Sponsor: bonnie_h_peyer@mcpsmd.org
My Neuro-Corner was established in partnership with the Stanford Neurodiversity Project, with the goal of providing a safe and encouraging platform for neurodiverse students. We aim to create an inclusive environment for all people - neurodiverse and neurotypical - as well as help guide neurodiverse students with the transition to post-secondary education and beyond. Check out the website: https://linktr.ee/myneurocorner
Learn about neurodiversity (what it is, the history behind the term).
Provide a safe platform for others to share their personal experiences.
Increase general knowledge and raise awareness about neurodiversity through neurodiversity advocacy.
Sponsor: karl_f_kovacs@mcpsmd.org
RM F.A.I.R. is a student-led chapter dedicated to advocating for immigrant and refugee rights while building inclusive, supportive school communities. The chapter focuses on education, outreach, and direct action: hosting workshops and trainings, lobbying directly to local, state, and national lawmakers, fundraising for resources, and amplifying immigrant student voices.
We will:
Learn how to speak up for immigrant and refugee rights while developing your own leadership skills by speaking directly to legislators.
Take part in service projects, fundraisers, and resource drives that directly support local immigrant communities.
Lead workshops, discussions, and collaborations with peers and community members on how to be a better ally for immigrants (or how to keep yourself safe if you are at risk).
Sponsor: amber_m_myren@mcpsmd.org
Our club offers: engaging activities for club meetings and school-wide activities; opportunities to connect with other students who are part of the movement (including those in the local DMV and on the national level); and the ability to make a positive impact on our school's mental health awareness - mental health is something that affects all students (and all staff and community members for that matter).
Sponsors: Lisa_M_Nesson@mcpsmd.org / rmmindsmatter@gmail.com
NOT CURRENTLY ACTIVE. WILL BE ACTIVE IN FALL 2025.
We educate and advocate about endangered species. Our club features opportunities to earn SSL Hours and leadership positions.
Join if you...
1. Have an interest in learning about endangered species.
2. Like learning ways to be more environmentally friendly.
3. Want to be a part of a social group that makes a difference while having fun.
Sponsors: jessica_l_neufeld@mcpsmd.org
The Sexuality and Gender Alliance is a safe zone for LGBTQ and any other victims of bullying, and a forum for LGBTQ discussion and education as well as a center for local and global LGBTQ activism at RMHS. Our goal is to create a safe space, celebrate LGBTQ culture, and find others with similar interests within the community.
Sponsor: Elizabeth_Fuhrman@mcpsmd.org
As a sub chapter of global youth 501C 3 organization, our goal is to empower and help youth and students to become future leaders and make a positive impact in their communities.
You can earn SSL hours through the fundraiser events.
Good on college resumes.
Good opportunities hang out with new people.
Sponsor: Chamara_U_Wijeratne@mcpsmd.org
Club made in light of growing antisemitism in MOCO/RM. Work to educate people in the school and county on topics such as Kanye West, the Holocaust, and acts of discrimination happening currently.
1. For both Jewish and non-Jewish students
2. Work with other students to educate the school/county about Judaism and the antisemitism happening now
3. Discuss discrimination happening now and ways to help
Sponsor: Allison_G_Adams@mcpsmd.org
Students Against Trafficking is a club that works toward spreading awareness about human trafficking, and helping trafficking survivors in a way that is both safe for students, and beneficial for the people affected. Throughout the year, club members will learn about what trafficking is, how it happens, warning signs of trafficking, and what they can do to support the cause to end trafficking. As a part of the club, members are given the opportunity to create real change for trafficking survivors by helping them directly, and educating more people about the implications of trafficking. SSL hours will be given out.
Learn about the causes and effects of human trafficking
Organize donation drives and volunteer at shelters to help trafficking survivors (SSL hours)
Write testimonials and work with different organizations to spread awareness about trafficking
Sponsor: michael_p_oakes@mcpsmd.org
The RM Anti-Racist Policy Work Group strives to create a safe and equitable learning environment at Richard Montgomery High School through examination of policies and procedures.
We examine current policies, identify inequities, and work with administration to address them.
Sponsor: Amanda_M_Trivers@mcpsmd.org
A youth-led initiative that partners with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to educate, advocate and fundraise to support UNICEF's lifesaving work. We talk about a wide range of humanitarian issues and work to create a better future for children.
Raise awareness about important humanitarian issues
Host a wide range of events such as fundraisers, bake sales, and other fun events to help children
We advocate and educate for the rights of children and help them reach their full potential
Sponsor: Lisa_J_MacFarlane@mcpsmd.org