Rochambeau Student Clubs & Associations

Rochambeau provides students the opportunity to create and manage their own associations with the support of the Vie Scolaire staff.

What are Rochambeau clubs & associations?

What are Rochambeau clubs & associations?

Rochambeau clubs are student-led associations; they are made up of students from middle and high school who have similar interests and who work around a fixed theme. Student clubs are a great way to meet new friends with similar interests, to participate in an activity you enjoy, or to learn about an activity you’re interested in.

Interested students have the opportunity to either participate in an existing club, take over a club looking for leadership, or propose a new project.

Why get involved in a student-led club?

Why get involved in a student-led club?

Clubs allow you to de-stress and focus on something other than academics.
They provide you with an affinity group where you can cultivate friendships.
They require collaboration and teamwork skills, and provide a path for leadership.
Participation and leadership in clubs help distinguish your university applications, and may fulfill required SSL (Student Service Learning) hours required by some colleges.

How to create an association at Rochambeau?

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Under The Surface

Sous la surface

More About Under The Surface

More About Under The Surface

The goal of the Under the Surface Club is to go "under the surface" of a problem by educating students on community issues as well as helping through means of drives and community service activities throughout the year including school supply drives, gift card drives, and volunteer work at local charities. The club provides a platform for students to make a positive impact in their community.

During the 2021-2022 school year, the Under the Surface Club organized a gift card drive for Bethesda Cares, a local homeless shelter. The drive was able to raise $1000 to support those in need. Later in the year, the club organized a weekend community service event that engaged 40 students, providing them with an opportunity to give back to their community and learn valuable skills. In the current school year (2022-2023), the Under the Surface Club has continued its work with a school supply drive that collected around $400 worth of supplies. Additionally, the gift card drive was repeated and raised $200. The club is currently in the process of organizing another community service project this spring.

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Medical Club

Leader: Donya Alimoradi

Rochambeau's Medical Club aims to encourage students to pursue medicine and to deepen their understanding of the medical field through practical activities (including certifications), discussions, guest speakers, and projects.

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Africa Hope

Leader: Samantha Bazola

Rochambeau's Africa Hope Club Aims to educate students about Africa. The club also works closely with trusted organisations to raise money, school supplies, and clothing...

Projects | 2022-2023
Projects | 2023-2024

Projects | 2022-2023

As of June 2023, the club has:

Collected clothes to send to to the Bumi boarding school, in the Congo.
Made posters at the library for the black history month
Held a BLM event which included posters, a tourist guide of Africa and a presentation of African art -
Worked alongside Madame Revillon's project for women's rights.
- Making posters exhibited at the CDI on people fighting for women's rights in Africa

Projects | 2023-2024

In the 2023-2024 school year, the club plans to:

Lead a collection of clothes sent to orphanage in the DRC.
Cultural day at the CDI to close Black History Month.
Interview with Dr. Neneh Mwamba, (gynecologist) about her career and her internship with Dr. Denis Mukwege (winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2018).
Podcast with young girls from Zambia (coordinated by Ms. Revillon and Ms. Renzi)

Language Club

Leader: Matthew Kidd

The Rochambeau International Language Club provides students with the opportunity to explore various languages outside the confines of a formal classroom setting. Through productive exchanges and conversations around language, members can learn about language origins, the relationship between language and culture, literature in different languages, various dialects, expressions, and more. Our club organizes language presentations and a range of interactive experiences for members and the broader community.

www.rochambeaulanguage.club

Amaranthine

Leader: Laetitia Van Hecke

Rochambeau's Amaranthine Creative Society aims to encourage the creativity of middle and high school students, through a youth literacy newspaper project. Published quarterly, it will be the result of the collaborative work of many students to promote writing, reading, and the entire Rochambeau community.

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Rochambotics

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Leader: Antonin Beliard

Rochambeau's Rochambotics Club aims to increase interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by engaging students in affordable and sustainable practical challenges of robotic engineering. Participants will enhance their capabilities in innovative thinking, problem-solving, and communication. They will also acquire skills such as teamwork, perseverance, communication collaboration, project management, and critical thinking.

Grow

Leader: Antonin Beliard

The "RochamGrow" Club aims to restore the greenhouse (+ possibly the garden near the administrative building) and plant native species that 6th grade classes can use to learn more about dissemination, and 10th grade classes can use to sample growing roots and study mitosis at the cellular level.

Chess

Leader: Daniel Pressman

The chess club is for students who enjoy playing chess, analyzing critical positions, improving, and starting to play competitively. Students who do not know how to play chess will be branched into a second session each week. This club will also connect French schools around the world on the subject.

Women Empowerment

Debate

Sustainability

Leader: Neel Sabharwal

Rochambeau's Sustainability Club aims Initiate a dialogue on issues related to sustainability and help us all understand its importance and urgency. The goal is to help students develop an interdisciplinary understanding and appreciation of the complex interaction of the economy, global politics, and science, necessary to find solutions for more sustainable development

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