Clubs & Activities
Jackson-Reed has over 200 clubs and other activities for it's students. Don't see one you like? Make your own!
- If you have any questions about clubs or how to create one, please see Ms. Dionne Clemmons in the main office. You can also email Ms. Elizabeth Mettler for additional support.
- Sponsors, if you do not have an account, request one in order to login and create a club.
Sponsors - How to Add a Club
- Must have an account on the Jackson-Reed website.
- If you have an account but forgot your password - go to Login link on the Quicklinks menu. Click the Lost Your Password link to reset your password. Your username will be firstname.lastname.
- If you do not have an account - email either Ms. Clemmons or Ms. Mettler.
- Once account is set, login in to the website.
- Click Add a Club button at top of Staff Landing page.
All Clubs
| Club Name: | Club Description & Mission | Proposed Activities | Meeting Day | Meeting Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Eco club | With this club we intend to help clean up DC and educate people about how they can help keep DC clean. People should join if they care about their community and want to make a positive difference in it that will help not only the environment but also the work … | We will go to areas that have a high amount of litter and trash and help clean it up, but mainly we will keep our school grounds litter free. | Wed | PM (after school) |
 | Ethiopian-Eritrean Organization | Our club aims to explore Ethiopian and Eritrean culture and heritage while organizing fundraisers to support those in need in both countries. We also seek to raise awareness about pressing issues facing Ethiopia and Eritrea. We welcome anyone interested in learning more about these nations and making a positive impact. Above all, … | - Games relating to Ethiopian-Eritrean culture -Fundraisers (ex. book drive, bake sale, etc) - Events to raise awareness on prevalent issues in Ethiopia and Eritrea and celebrate culture | Wed | STEP |
 | FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) | Purpose: To provide a space for any and all staff and students to discuss and explore Christianity. FCA is open to any and all students as members. Leaders must be able to affirm FCA's Christian Community Statement. Objective: Character coaching. | Huddles (meetings and discussion groups). Prayer Gatherings. Food and Fellowship. Bring in college and pro athletes to speak to students. | Wed | STEP |
| Film Making Club | The purpose of this club is to make filmmaking accessible to people, whether or not they want to pursue it as a career, or if they want to just film a funny video with their friends. Thats what filmmaking club is for. Every Friday during lunch. | At filmmaking club you can make a film with your friends or by yourself. Including everything from writing (pre-production), filming (production), & editing (post production). | Fri | STEP | |
| First Robotics | One of J-R's original STEM clubs this club is a great way for students to develop their technical skills of planning, building, and iterating through a competitive season. | Participate in the First Robotics FRC and FTC events | Tue, Fri | PM (after school) | |
| Fitness and Wellness Club | The fitness and wellness club provides students the opportunity to work out, learn about nutrition, and improve health. Additionally, this club is meant to allow students to utilize the weight room without having to play a sport and without having to pay a membership fee. Everyone is welcome! | Weightlifting, learning about nutrition, light stretches before working out, bodyweight exercises | Wed | PM (after school) | |
 | Futsal Club | Futsal is a popular version of 5v5 indoor soccer. We get together weekly to play and share our love for the game. | Join us in the main gym during lunch every Thursday for pick-up games. All students are also invited to sign up a team in our spring tournament. | Thu | STEP |
| Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) | Future Business Leaders of America is a Career and Technical student organization. FBLA inspires and prepares students to become community-minded business leaders in a global society through relevant career preparation and leadership experiences. | The students will attend 2 meetings a month (one being off campus after school). | Tue, Wed | PM (after school) | |
 | Gender and Sexuality Alliance | GSA is a safe space for LGBTQ+ individuals and allies at Jackson-Reed. We often have slideshows about queer identities, history of our community, queerness in media, and more. Sometimes we have open discussions, and sometimes we just hang out! In June, we have school-wide projects such as the Pride Fair. … | We strive for an inclusive environment where we will learn about queer identities, history of our community, queerness in media, and more. We typically through an LGBTQ+ fair in June for Pride Month! | Tue | STEP |
 | Girls Who Code | The purpose of Girls Who Code is to provide a supportive space for girls interested in coding. All students interested in supporting this mission are welcome to join us. | Sisterhood Join a safe and supportive environment of peers and role models where students learn to see themselves as computer scientists. Code Learn the concepts of loops, variables, conditionals and functions that form the basis of all programming languages. Impact Work in teams to complete projects that solve real-world problems … | Tue | STEP |
| Golf | Purpose of the Club is for students to get athletically engaged in golf as a sport. Both recreationally -- and competitively. Golf is seldom thought of as a team sport and is traditionally viewed as an individual sport. This couldn't be further from the truth! Learning, playing, and advancing in … | Participate in casual and competitive golf. Golf practice, golf lessons, golf workshopping. Everything golf. The goal is for the club to participate in organized golf tournaments with other DC schools. | Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri | STEP, PM (after school) | |
 | Hack Club | Hack Club is a global nonprofit network of high school makers & student-led coding clubs where young people build the agency, the network, & the technical talent to think big & do big things in the world. At Hack Club, beginners learn how to write code & build awesome things, powered … | At Hack Club, you will learn through workshops teaching you how to build a website, design a circuit board, or make a game. Once you finish, you get a related reward-- design a website, get free boba tea. Design a circuit board, get it printed for free. Make a game, … | Thu | PM (after school) |
| HOSA/Biomed Club | HOSA is an OSSE initiative in support of student-led organizations that provide student leadership opportunities to align with student academy of student. HOSA is for future health professionals (and is not only for biomed academy students). Students engage in weekly health topics on Tuesdays during lunch in room 428 and … | Support with Blood Drives in Partnership with Inova and Be the Match. Participate in health challenge competitions. | Tue | STEP | |
| Hurdy Gurdy Club | Expose students to the instrument and culture behind the ancient Hurdy Gurdy instrument. Students and Staff should join if they are interested in learning more about the Hurdy Gurdy and to learn how to play the Hurdy Gurdy. | Informational/Lesson Meeting. Guest Speakers Learning to play the Hurdy Gurdy | Tue | PM (after school) | |
| Improv Club | The purpose of this club is to fine tune improvisation skills and learn through practice more about the fundamentals of Improv. | Playing improv games. Learning fundamentals of the sport. | Tue | STEP | |
| ISU Israel Student Union | Purpose of the club is to share and educate students about the country of Israel, its history, culture, arts, and language. | Talk about daily life Discuss literary novels Have guest speakers Cooking Social Activities Connect with others Games Arts/Music | Mon | STEP | |
| Jackson Reed Poets United | Poetry Club is a space for students and staff to share in the love for language and poetry through composition, performance, and reflection. We engage in bi-weekly/weekly (Mondays 3:45-4:30pm) workshops and offer invitations to open mics and poetry performances throughout the DC metro area. | Each meeting begins with reflections on pieces we’ve found and been working on throughout the previous week(s), followed by craft breakout groups, then we spend the last 10-15 minutes sharing our work. We'll also sponsor field trips to local writing workshops at DCPL branches, Universities, local theatre performances, and book talks. | Mon, Fri | PM (after school) | |
| Jackson-Reed eSports Club | The Jackson-Reed eSports Club is a place for people with the common interest of gaming to come together, forge bonds, and support each other in being the best version of themselves. We encourage people of all skill and interest levels to join us, because we are firm believers that it … | Our club endeavors to: Meet twice a week for practices, scrimmages, and competitions Participate in DMV-wide Spring tournaments Host an annual tournament at Jackson-Reed High School | Tue, Thu | PM (after school) | |
 | Jackson-Reed High School Wealth Club | The mission of the Wealth Club is to provide students with the tools and knowledge to make informed financial decisions, cultivate in students good character, and guiding students to develop a mindset of financial independence that can be carried into adulthood. Through guest speakers, literature, and group discussions, we aim … | Research Presentations Moments with guest speakers Chapter discussions on assigned literature | Wed | STEP |
| Jackson-Reed HS Cooking Club | Cooking Club Mission Statement We plan and prepare meals that are nutritional and well balanced. | Students will research, plan, and follow step by step directions of simple recipes and prepare weekly dishes from scratch. | Wed | PM (after school) | |
| Jackson-Reed Mock Trial | Jackson-Reed Mock Trial allows students to explore our nation's justice system. Students are given a case and prepare as both attorneys and witnesses. During competitions, working judges run the trial, with students playing either attorneys or witnesses. Our goal is to use mock trial to help students gain the civic … | We compete with the Virginia Law-Related Education Institute which participates in the National High School Mock Trial Association. Regional competition takes place at the end of January and the state competition takes place at the end of February. | Wed | PM (after school) | |
| Jackson-Reed Speech and Debate Club | The mission of the Jackson-Reed Speech and Debate Team is to help students improve their public speaking, research and writing skills while having fun with like-minded peers. Students can speak on and research topics they already care about, or else learn about new geopolitical topics on a rotating basis, and … | -Research -Write -Gain a well-rounded perspective on social issues -Learn and improve public speaking and communication skills -Participate in tournaments. | Tue | PM (after school) | |
 | Jackson-Reed Theater | "All the World's a stage..." Through acting, singing, dancing, and technical production, Jackson-Reed Theater produces a Fall Play and a Spring Musical. Whether you are starting out fresh or bringing plenty of prior experience with you, Jackson-Reed Theater offers you opportunities to grow as performer and theater artist. Together, we … | Fall Play - "Mambo Italiano!" Rehearsal: Monday - Friday at 4:00 PM Stage Crew: Monday - Friday at 4:00 PM (email for specific crew meetings) Performance Dates: 10/31, 11/1, 11/2 & 11/7, 11/8, 11/9 at 7:00 PM Spring Musical - "The Addams Family" Auditions: 2/18 & 2/19 (Dance Call 2/20) … | Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri | PM (after school) |
 | Jewish Student Union | The JSU (Jewish Student Union) is a club for Jews (and anyone interested or supportive!) to come together, learn about Judaism, eat snacks, and have meaningful discussions. Our goal is to bring students together through fun, Jewish-themed activities and to spread the joy of Judaism. | Celebrate Jewish holidays and events; meet and talk and support each other. | Fri | STEP |
| Just Dance! Dance Club | Our mission is to provide an inclusive fun, and exciting atmosphere that fuels creativity and builds strong community and friendship bonds through dance and movement. | Weekly dance classes- focusing on various dance styles; contemporary, modern, hip-hop, and jazz. Choreography sessions- students will make up their own dances. Themed dance- 80's and 90's dance styles Encouragement and reflection moments to boost morale and energy | Thu | STEP | |
| Club Name: | Club Description & Mission | Proposed Activities | Meeting Day | Meeting Time |
Social Media Guidelines
Social media can be a powerful tool to engage with supporters, showcase our school's achievements, and build a strong community. However, it also poses potential risks if not handled carefully. We aim to ensure that our school's social media accounts are free from inappropriate content that could negatively impact our school community.
Several existing Instagram accounts exist for clubs and activities, including those from previous school years (Wilson). To avoid confusion, we ask that all clubs and activities provide their most recent Instagram accounts with Ms. Clemmons to be posted on the school website. Any official Jackson-Reed account must list Jackson-Reed (JR), JRTigers, or Tigers with the club or activity on the page (i.e., Tigersdsa- Disability Student Alliance). The bio should contain the sentence, "The official account of the (school year) Jackson-Reed (your club or activity) " All login information must be shared with the club sponsor and monitored regularly. The sponsor must approve any student posts before posting them on official accounts.
To achieve this, we kindly ask that you communicate the following guidelines to our club and activities students and anyone with access to the social media accounts: