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Clubs & Activities

extracurricular activities abound

McDonogh offers an impressive number of faculty-advised extracurricular opportunities for students to discover passions, pursue interests, develop skills, and make new friends. These Middle and Upper School clubs and activities are a testament to our students' eagerness to continue working with one another and with teachers after the academic day is over. 

So Many opportunities!

Upper School Clubs

Arts & Publications

  • Art Club
  • Artifice (Literary Magazine)
  • Dope Poets (Poetry Club)
  • Gentlemen Songsters
  • Good Hue
  • Gospel Choir
  • Legacy (Yearbook)
  • Mission Improvable (Improv)
  • Step Club
  • The Week (School Newspaper)
  • Women of Note    


Awareness

  • Asian Awareness Club
  • Claire Marie (Melanoma Awareness)
  • D4M (Diversity for McDonogh)
  • FCA/FOCUS
  • GEM (Gender Empowerment)
  • JAC (Jewish Awareness)
  • Moxie (Safe Space for Girls)
  • One Love
  • RSA (Rainbow Straight Alliance)
  • Sankofa
  • South Asian Awareness Club
  • Well Club (Mental Health)


Educational

  • Business & Investment Club
  • Engineering Club
  • Ethical Dilemmas
  • French Club
  • Girls Who Code
  • It’s Academic
  • Library Society
  • Mock Trial
  • Model UN
  • SAT/ACT Prep
  • Science Bowl


Recreational/Special Interest

  • Brain Games
  • Card Club
  • Chess Club
  • Cool Cooks Club
  • Exercise Club
  • F1 Club
  • Geography Club
  • Pickleball Club
  • Spirit Club
  • STEP Club
  • Taste Test Club
  • Veterinarian Club


Service

  • Baking for Charity
  • Basketball for Charity
  • CREA Club (Nicaraguan Charity)
  • Education Rocks
  • Football for Food Charity
  • Hispanic Tutoring Club
  • Keeping Baltimore Warm
  • McDonogh Goes Green
  • Special Olympics
  • The STEM Center Advisors
  • The Writing Center Advisors

Middle School Clubs

With more than 20 student-led clubs to choose from, Middle School students have the opportunity to explore their interests and develop new skills.  Clubs include:

  • Baking
  • Basketball
  • Basketball Podcaster
  • Boredom
  • Bookworm
  • Card Magic 
  • Cooking 
  • Dance
  • Dumbledore's Army
  • Dungeons N Dragons
  • Fiber Arts
  • For Scientific Purposes
  • Game Development
  • Jewelry Making
  • Kings and Queens Chess
  • Leading the Liftoff
  • Let's Cook and Bake
  • Making Miracles
  • McDonogh Community Cares
  • One Puzzle Piece
  • Pancha McDonogh
  • Pickleball
  • Podcasting
  • Sports News 
  • Youth Take a Stand

We also offer teacher-led clubs including:

  • Diversity 7
  • Diversity 8
  • Global Dialogues
  • Leadership
  • MathCounts
  • McDonogh Singers
  • Rock Shop