Rider was once thriving with clubs; people full of passion for a cause, now many of the once loved clubs have disappeared.
There are many reasons as to why Rider has lost so many clubs, but the main reasons are a lack of student commitment and many teachers who just no longer have the time.
After-school jobs, homework, extra-curricular activities and maintaining a decent social life suck away high school students’ free time. Students just don’t realize that all a club sponsor wants is a commitment. They don’t have to be at every meeting and every club-sponsored event. Yes, it would be better, but sponsors understand the time requirements of a high school student. Students need to become leaders and speak for the student body, cause change, leave an impact.
Many students are involved in too many extra-curricular activities to be involved in school clubs, and many teachers are already stretched thin due to family or having hundreds papers in need of grading. The campus needs more leaders, not just the same students leading everything. That can only happen if more students get involved.
The students of Rider High School need to wake up and take pride in their school take care of it, become involved. It’s one day after school; friends can wait. Go. Make a difference. Now, not later.