{"id":2436,"date":"2022-04-01T09:53:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T13:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2022-04-01T09:53:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T13:53:55","slug":"new-clubs-find-their-home-at-river-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/new-clubs-find-their-home-at-river-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"New Clubs Find their Home at River Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Maire Crooks, The Current News Editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New fliers and announcements have recently been spotted decorating the halls throughout the school featuring new clubs here at River Hill, such as Hawk Connections, Cancer Kids First and the Storm Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia Baek and Alicia Spooner are the co-founders of Hawk Connections. Their club is focused on easing \u201cthe difficulty new students face as to adjust academically and socially\u201d by \u201cmatch[ing] new students with current members of River Hill based on common interests,\u201d as Julia describes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia explains their reasoning for creating their club: \u201cWe both wanted to find ways to get more involved and to make a positive impact on our school. Knowing that there are a ton of different clubs already at River Hill, we wanted to create a club that would fill a need in our school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veer Tuliani is the founder of the Storm Club, a group who learns about meteorology, \u201cteach[es] those interested in meteorology about amateur meteorological skills, connect[s] with professionals in the field to aid those interested in careers in meteorology, examine[s] the impact of weather on our society,\u201d and much more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI came up with the idea for my club because I am really passionate about extreme weather events and how to forecast them, and [I] wanted to spread that knowledge to other students,\u201d mentions Veer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teni Adejana and Stephanie Moses co-founded Cancer Kids First, a club that keeps childhood cancer patients in mind. Unlike Julia, Alicia and Veer, their inspiration for the group came a little differently. Teni voices, \u201cWe got [our idea] off of TikTok. We saw it and we thought it would be a fun idea to help kids with cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter where their idea stemmed from, many of the founders agree that starting their club was surprisingly simple. \u201cWe had to first figure out the logistics of our club like what exactly we would do, how we would get things done, and what the commitment would look for members,\u201d explains Julia. Teni articulates: \u201cIt was pretty easy\u2026 the only harder part was just making presentations and getting all of that stuff together for different meetings.\u201d After coming up with an idea and finding a sponsor, new groups must fill out a Google Form from the Executive Board SGA to make their organization official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Veer had some minor challenges: \u201cIt was hard to spread the word; despite having social media as well as flyers around the school at my disposal\u2026 it was still pretty hard to get a decent member turn-out at my interest meeting a couple weeks ago.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is important to choose the correct sponsor for the club; the teacher must align with the founders\u2019 vision for the group. Julia says that she and Alicia \u201cnaturally gravitated\u201d towards Ms. Browne because they \u201cremembered how Ms. Browne goes out of her way to build community in her classes.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Veer \u201cfelt like there were definitely limited sponsors this time of year with many of them having their schedules full with coaching sports, spending time with family, or sponsoring various other clubs,\u201d he ultimately chose Mr. Boothe for similar reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizers must also get along with their mentor. \u201cWe chose Se\u00f1ora Souidi because she is so nice and she is one of my favorite teachers,\u201d Teni elaborates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These clubs are brand-new, so they are recruiting new members. Julia says, \u201cIf someone is interested in joining our club, they would need to fill out a Google Form which will ask them questions about their grade, sports and extracurricular activities they participate in, and any other interests they have.\u201d Their Google Form can be found on the Hawk Connections Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To join Cancer Kids First, potential members should \u201cgo to Se\u00f1ora Souidi\u2019s room and scan the QR code in her room\u201d to fill out the Google Form to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students who are interested in the Storm Club can \u201cget in contact with [Veer]… by social media or email,\u201d although Canvas messaging is preferrable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, all of the founders hope that their clubs create a lasting impact on the student body and leave the school better than they found it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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