Art Club
The art club is designed to offer all students a casual and open environment where interested persons can learn about art activities of their own choice. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Club has taken on the challenge of doing a mural for the Math Department. In addition, the club members will work on several individually designed art projects. In order to become a member of the Art Club, students need to attend several meetings during the course of the school year. This helps to facilitate the making of friendships and the completion of the Club goal for the mural. The primary goal of the Club is to help interested students develop skills and to have fun. Special field trips are planned for the fall and spring to augment Club activities.

Asian Club
The purpose of the Asian club is to promote the Asian culture among the students at Rich Central. The club is a vehicle to enhance the multicultural curriculum and to broaden the students’ perspective of their fellow Asian Students. Students visit temples, mosques, Chinatown, Little India, restaurants and museums. The students celebrate Asian holidays and engage in fund raising activities for charities. The Asian club is open to all students with an interest in Asian culture.

Astronomy
This group of beginning stargazers will take two trips to the New Adler Planetarium.  In addition they will meet for local sky watching when schedules and conditions are right.

Business Professional of America
Business Professionals of America is a national student organization composed of state associations and local chapters serving persons pursuing careers in business and office occupations as well as former members. This organization provides the opportunity for the development of leadership skills, personal and professional growth, and career related competencies. Involvement in Business Professionals will enhance social awareness, civic responsibility, and understanding of business community.

Camera Club
The Camera Club is open to all interested students. A student is expected to have an interest in learning how to make better pictures, and it is necessary to have a 35mm camera. Club members will learn more about the functions of their cameras, and how to improve composition and technique. If club members wish to learn about the black and white film developing and printing process, the lab and instruction is provided for them. The Camera Club meets frequently during the school year for critiques and to plan activities. The goal of the Camera Club is to provide a time and a place for interested students to talk about their photographs, and in doing so, build both skills and friendships among the members.

Chess Club
The Chess Club offers an opportunity for students to learn the game of chess and to practice chess strategies to improve their game. The club meets every week and students can self-schedule games when the sponsor is available. This is a fun activity that gives chess players a chance to practice and develop their game.

Computer Club
The computer club explores new software and hardware, and its implications on business, culture and society. Club meetings are held the first Monday of each month after tutorial in the writing lab.

Creative Writing
 

DECA Club
DECA stands for Distribution Education Club of America. It is a club for marketing and distribution education students. The club is intended to enhance the knowledge and skills of the students who are enrolled in business courses. Specifically, all the Internship Class students are members of the club. This class emphasizes instruction in the areas of sales, product and services promotion, retail merchandising, hotel and restaurant careers. Transportation and human services careers are also included in the list.

Basically, all the careers involved in getting the manufactured product from the place of origin to the wholesalers and ultimately to the consumer are included in the distribution schematic. Computer tech careers are emphasized too.

Drama Club
Rich Central's Drama Club produces two plays a year -- one each fall and another in the spring. Along with the art of acting, Drama Club participants learn the technical crafts of lighting, sound, and set production. In addition, the students gain insight into the great literature of the plays they enact.

Ecology Club
The ecology club of Rich Central, known as "Time After Time," was organized for students who have a concern for their environment.  Through participation in club activities, students can explore their environment and through service projects, students can help save or beautify their environment.

Flag & Drum Corps
 

FLOW
The purpose of FLOW is to develop leadership skills in students. The students attend a full day student leadership conference in the spring. The components of leadership are identified and modeled at the conference. Students develop leadership through a three-month process of planning and organizing the conference. Students from throughout the district work together to ensure that the conference is successful and meaningful to the students. Students who are involved in FLOW have become officers of school club, captains of teams, student council representatives and officers.

French Club
The French Club is open to all Rich Central students.  During the year, activities are planned to give the members a better understanding of the French language and culture.

French National Honor Society
 

Freshman Class
 

Future Teachers' Club
The Future Teachers' Club is a club for all high school students who may be interested in teaching as a career.  Our purpose is to interest students in the field of education early in their school experience by providing: Information about career opportunities in education; and the opportunity to participate in experiences which develop the qualities and skills essential for successful teaching.

Human Relations/Show
This club gives interested students many opportunities to learn about themselves and others and to develop and expand a global perspective that will help to fasten good will among all people. A strong multi-cultural agenda is provided for participants as an opportunity to participate in the Hands Across the Campus program. Hands Across the Campus is a versatile program that works with teachers, students and administrators to foster greater understanding of prejudice and its destructive impact. The program also seeks to teach students how to resolve the conflicts that occur in ethnically, racially, and religiously diverse school communities. The club meets every other week after school. The club also is involved in planning and producing the multi-cultural assembly that is held once a year.

Instrumental Music/Band
 

Junior Class
The Junior Class student government was designed to offer students an opportunity for leadership. The aims of this organization are to plan and execute Rich Central’s current year Prom and plan (along with the sophomore officers) for the following year’s Prom. Member’s of this organization will learn about the problems inherent in these activities and discuss probable solutions. Members will take an active part in planning for the Prom. Members will poll their peers for ideas for the Prom such as photographer, DJ, menu, king & queen court, decorations, etc. They assist the sponsors with ticket sales, fund-raising, homecoming activities, and planning in general.

Key Club
Key Club is a service organization for high school students, which operates under school regulations and draws its membership from the student body.  Key Club’s objective is the development of initiative, leadership ability, and good citizenship practices.

Mathletes
The purpose of the Mathletes is to provide a student environment where students concerned with the mathematical problems of today can compete with peer groups from other groups from other schools in the South Inter-Conference Association. At these competitions, members can learn about, as well as discuss current excellence achieved in yearly conference competitions.

National Honor Society (NHS)
Members of NHS are senior students who are involved in extracurricular activities and demonstrate leadership, service, scholarship, and character throughout their high school career.  NHS members also maintain a 3.50 GPA.  Members are inducted in May of their junior year at the Annual NHS Induction Ceremony.

Newspaper (TORCH)
The Torch is Rich Central's student-staffed school newspaper.  The students involved in this club are deducted to informing, educating, and entertaining the students, staff, and faculty of our school community.  The newspaper staff attempts to bring to light and bring about discussion regarding school, national, and world issues that affect every person.
 

Peer Mediation
The basic purpose of mediation involves an attempt to solve problems between students with a minimum amount of intervention by school personnel. Mediation is a process which provides additional structure to a process informally used by students and teachers on a regular basis. Mediation supports the purpose of discipline by seeking to resolve problems rather than to decide on a punishment. It also serves the philosophical position of the school by enhancing a greater democratization of the system and the personal empowerment of the individual student.

Pep Club
The Pep Club is dedicated to promoting school spirit. One way this is accomplished is by individually recognizing all athletes by placing spirit boosters on lockers before games. Athletic events are promoted within the school environment. The Pep Club also gathers media information from different sources and posts these articles in a display case before the entire student body and staff. These articles include student athletic accomplishments, student recognition, and faculty and staff recognition.

Scholastic Bowl
 

Science Club

SECME Club

SECME was founded in 1975 as the Southeast Consortium for Minorities in Engineering. SECME 's(Southeast Consortium for Minorities in Engineering) goal is to increase the pool of underrepresented students who will be prepared to enter and complete studies in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), thus creating a more diverse and globally competitive work force.  The mission of the SECME club is to expose students to the various fields of engineering.  Students will have the opportunity to go on exciting field trips and participate in mousetrap and robotic competitions.  Seniors involved in the SECME club are eligible for scholarships through Exxon Mobile.If you are interested in joining the SECME club, contact me or the school sponsor Mr. Alvin Willis at awillis@rich227.org.

Senior Class
 

Sophomore Class
 

Ski Club
 

Spanish Club
The Spanish club promotes Spanish culture and language among the students at Rich Central. The club is a vehicle to enhance the multicultural curriculum and to broaden the students’ perspective of their fellow Hispanic students in the school and of the Spanish language in the classroom. The students engage in fund raising activities for charities, celebrate Hispanic holidays, and visit restaurants and museums. The Spanish club is open to all students with an interest in Spanish culture and language.

Spanish National Honor Society
The Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, la cruz de Santiago chapter, is a nationally registered honorary authorized by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Members promote the study of the Spanish language in the school and in the greater community. Membership is by induction and open to sophomores, juniors and seniors who show outstanding scholarship in Spanish for a minimum of three semesters.
 

Speech
Rich Central’s Speech Team is an academically oriented program in which students compete in Individual Events against other schools. Although students compete on an individual level, they are each contributing to the a team score while being able to succeed in their chosen event.

Student Council
 

Varsity Letter Club
Our goal: To make the RC-Club members model students/athletics and a person that the student body and teaching staff look up to with pride and to make the club the strongest and most active club at Rich Central.

Vocal Music/Choir
 

Vocational Career Club
Vocational careers club is vocational student organization here at Rich Central. It promotes personal growth, career development, character, and leadership. Students events focus on families, careers, and communities through hands on experiences of field trips and guest speakers. Students discover strengths, target career goals, and learn to be strong family members. Strong families aide in creating stronger communities for all of us!

Yearbook
The Rich Central Yearbook is The Oracle. The Head Sponsor is Candy Dinwiddie and Assistant Sponsors are Cori Irvin and Carla Benard. The Yearbook student staff and sponsors work diligently to produce a quality yearbook that reflects the spirit and dreams of our "Uniquely Different" school family.