The Art Club is a welcoming and open-ended, creative environment for high school students to come and express themselves artistically.  

Community-oriented projects: past projects include school murals and life-size tape sculptures, decorations and backdrops for the Senior Citizen Prom and Sinterklaas panels. Fund-raising projects have included making and selling jewelry, magnets and handmade cards; hand painted potted plants; hosting guest speakers to present workshops; advocating for the arts.

Each month the AV Club produces variety of content proposed by and written by students. Students also have the opportunity to act in any created content. Students can learn how to film and edit 4K footage using the Adobe Premiere Pro program as our editing software.

AV Club meets every Friday afternoon in the AV Room

Mission: To provide a structured extracurricular opportunity for students to create music in a smaller ensemble format.  The musical selections and instrumentation are student generated.  Students are encouraged to learn new instruments including guitar, bass, drum set and piano as well as vocals.  Music could also take the format of acappella arrangements, and various other combinations of voice and instrumentation. All students are invited to join the Choir Club. Please see Mr. Milici about joining if you are not in band or chorus.  Your commitment is required.

The group works on a few student/advisor generated musical selections.  Typically, at least one will include a rock band style accompaniment.  Students are encouraged to try new instruments (guitar, bass, ukulele, drums, etc.) and to create/sing in harmony.

Our club offers creative space and support for writers of all grades and skill levels.  Whether we consider writing a fun hobby, a potential professional pursuit, or a lifelong practice, we wish to explore and celebrate writing with others.  As writers, we will experiment with new styles and genres; as readers, we will look for inspiration from other authors’ works.  Our members can take active roles in planning club events and experiences.

Creative Writing Club will meet in Room 105 after school on Fridays (opposite RR newspaper club). Occasional "dinner meetings" will be held at 4:30-6:30 pm to accommodate our members' tight and varied schedules.

Writing to prompts, writing in a variety of forms, writing from a range of perspectives and voices, sharing writing we have read and liked, imitating the work of our favorite authors, finding new readers for our writing, whether through publication or collaboration with other student groups, incorporating other media (i.e. visual arts, music) into our work, listening to each other’s work and applauding with fierce enthusiasm

To develop a variety of debate techniques for use in Bard’s annual Debate Tournament. To understand how to properly construct a competent and effective argument.

Tuesdays in Room 102

Participate in mock debates with each other and with local high schools, work with a member of the Bard Debate Team to develop debate techniques, and attend the annual Bard Debate Tournament to compete against other local high schools.

The Rhinebeck High School Drama Club is the largest single activity in the Rhinebeck Central School District, typically involving more than 75 students, grades 9 -12.

Mtg Time/Location: Every other Thursday after school, 2:35 – 3:15pm, Rm 151 to plan for or rehearse for a variety of performances.

Fall Play

Rehearsals: Wednesday Evenings, September 28 – November 7, 2018.

6:30pm – 8:30pm.

Beginning in mid-September – mid-November Acting Rehearsals will be held on Wednesday nights from 6:30pm – 8:30pm. Theater games, improvisation bits and movement are included as we work on a series of short plays. Rehearsals will also be scheduled for individual work on Thursdays after school. Everyone is welcome.

New this year, Drama Club will produce a Fall play to be performed in November.

• Each year the Drama Club produces a full scale modern American musical.
• One important note about the Drama Club is that everyone who is interested can be involved. If a student wants to perform, we find a spot for him or her on the stage; musicians have the opportunity to play in the pit band. Stage Crew is another opportunity for involvement.
• Host the Annual BMS/ HS Talent Show in late fall
• Present a Black Box Theater; an intimate night of poetry and monologues, featuring final contestants for the Poetry Out-Loud competition and Drama Club members.

To promote French cultures around the world.  To learn more about French history, culture, society, etc. We enjoy snacks and baked goods brought in by our members and listen to French-speaking musical artists. We’d like to see French promoted everywhere!  Vive le français!

Crêpe stand, a “fête française” for the school, movie screenings, French cuisine, email/Facebook pen pals, painting a mural, field trips, and raise money for charities in less-advantaged francophone countries.

The Rhinebeck Gay Straight Alliance is a club in which everyone is heard and accepted. It is a place where you can be yourself without pressure to impress or the feeling that you may be judged. It’s a safe environment made by students and run by students. Our purpose is to support and encourage the LGBTQ community within our school and keep Rhinebeck aware of issues that are important.

GSA meets in Room 107 Mondays.

A club whose purpose is to shed light on the lack of, and necessity for, gender equality throughout the world. GEC is a place for students to promote discussion, engage in meaningful debate, empower each other, and reach out to organizations and people advocating for gender equality locally and globally.

Every other Thursday: 2:45 – 3:30 in Room 144; The 2^nd and 4^th Wednesday of each month from 2:45-3:30pm.

Discussion of current events and ideas regarding gender equality, and organizing fundraising events to benefit national and international organizations who represent women and the LGBTQ community.

The jazz band will perform a wide range of music, centering on jazz, blues, and latin styles, at multiple performances through the year. During rehearsals, we have the opportunity to explore new types of music as well as improvisation. All band students are welcome in the jazz band, as well as bass, guitar, and piano players.

Mondays or Wednesdays after school in Band Room

The Rhinebeck High School Drama Club is the largest single activity in the Rhinebeck Central School District, typically involving more than 75 students, grades 9 - 12, in its annual Spring Musical production.    

Tentative Meeting Times -

Play Rehearsal: Monday & Wednesday nights, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Set Design and Tech Crews meet: Sundays, 12noon – 5pm. Auditions begin in the late fall with principal roles assigned in December, before the winter holiday vacation. Rehearsals commence in early January. Rehearsals are typically Monday and Wednesday evenings and Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. As expected not everyone needs to be at every rehearsal until we get closer to the show. There are a few full-day rehearsals on Saturday. Stage Crew usually meets on Sundays from 1pm to 5pm.

Mr. Gideon Moor

The RHS Model United Nations (UN) Club’s mission is to increase awareness, understanding, tolerance, and acceptance of the world's peoples, cultures, beliefs, values and attitudes, raise student awareness of global issues and disputes, and promote student understanding of the diplomatic mechanisms available for international cooperation.

1 per week (usually on Tuesdays 2:40-3:20pm) Room 104

Club members will:

• take the roles of "ambassadors" from around the world and participate in simulated United Nations conferences
• research the diplomatic priorities of different countries and write position papers simulating policies and UN resolutions that would advance those goals
• orally present country positions and debate potential resolutions to international disputes
• develop an understanding of parliamentary procedures
• discuss contemporary international affairs and examine same from a variety of national and group perspectives.
• practice analytical reasoning, problem solving, and negotiation.

Model UN Club Website

FIRST Tuesday of the month 7:10 - 7:45 AM Room 146

To publish and print online issues of the Rhinebeck Reality newspaper in order to inform, educate and entertain. We hope our coverage of local and national events informs the student body and inspires them to express their own voices as journalists.

Room 105 and The Writing Center. We meet once before each issue to plan, and then we go to email for articles and photo submissions, etc. We meet several times on successive days to layout and publish the issue.

Brainstorming story ideas, encouraging independent and collaborative research, writing, interviewing, and photographing subjects of interest to produce articles for the paper. We will use Microsoft Publisher for newspaper layout and design as well as SNOsites for online publications.

The RHS Science Club’s Mission is to provide a setting outside of the classroom to further explore science through  research and experimentation, and with fewer set expectations and time restraints.  

Once per week (usually on Monday) - 2:35-3:15 Room 136

• Club Updates
• Fundraisers
• Science Activity Suggestions
• Engage in student selected science activities
• Talk about what we've learned and how activities could be improved
• The Rhinebeck Discovery Festival

The RHS Spanish Club's mission is to raise money for those in need in the Hispanic Community while maintaining a fun and safe environment for all students. Additionally, the Spanish Club exists to help students achieve success in their Spanish classes.

Once per week (usually Tuesday) - 3-4 weeks per month, 2:35 - 3:15pm (depending on activities) Room 108 - Fisher's classroom

Fund-raiser event planning (ideas), Taco Stands, Movie Nights, Spanish Karaoke, Sinterklaas, FIFA -soccer video game tournament, soccer tournament, 5 de mayo Fiesta!, eating walking tacos and culturally diverse food!, community service, learning about South American Countries, listening to Spanish music / watching music videos, Group studying/peer tutoring/general extra help with Spanish classwork.

The steel drum band will learn about the steel drums while playing a range of music, from traditional steel drum literature to pop music. We will have the opportunity to perform throughout the year. All students who are interested in learning to play the steel drums are welcome. No prior experience necessary.

Varies, by class please check with Class Advisor

At each grade level all students are encouraged to be active with their class in planning activities and fundraising.  This group is headed by the class officers and is a branch of Student Council.

Class officers are elected either in late spring or early fall and assume their positions for one year, until the next election.  A President runs together with a Vice President and the Secretary and Treasurer.  Students running for office must write and deliver a speech to their classmates regarding their running platform.  They can run a campaign with posters, stickers etc. prior to the election. A President runs together with a Vice President and the Secretary and Treasurer run independently.  We do not have "co-officers".  

Officers, together with their faculty advisor, facilitate all class activities and fundraisers.  The officers must be responsible, available to attend meetings, and abide by the RHS Constitution (which is attached to this packet).  The Class President is responsible for attending Student Council meetings as well as class meetings.

Download RhinebeckHS Student Council Constitution

2:35pm/as scheduled in Room 151 or 142 based on deadlines and activity. All staff members will work to complete assigned pages. Some of this work can be done remotely can be done remotely using the online design software.