The 2024-2025 Club Rush at our school has officially concluded, and many clubs have been presented within our school. The clubs have attracted students to explore outside activities, looking at different cultures, interests, and opportunities to add something new to their college applications.
As the Del Mar Dispatch, we interviewed several participating clubs including the Interact Club, Dons Crew, and Sustainability Society, for further information on the school year.
Juniors Timothy Quijada and Niarah Aimonetti, president and vice president of the Interact Club shared some of the origins of their club.
“You don’t get very many outside ways to get service hours, but having interact as a service club here at Del Mar gives you those opportunities,” Aimonetti stated.
Quijada elaborated more about how their club provided continuous help and resources to the environmental community.
“We go to a lot of local parks, and we plant trees or shrubs, and we also clean up around those areas. It gives back to the community, and it also just helps beautify the areas that we live in.”
They both emphasized that, with funding from the 1st Semester Food Fair and additional support from their Rotary team, they gave back to their community. Quijada and Almonetti ended by enjoying their club and encouraging more people to join.
Don’s Crew, with President Ramma Hamdela and Vice President Mason King, also shared their experiences. Their club mainly focuses on the counseling and mentorship of any freshmen within the school.
Ramma stated, “When we help out the freshmen integrate into the school, where it’s essentially leadership, like ASB, without the assignments, the grades, just having a place where you can help out our school and our community.”
She explained that it is mainly a counselor-based responsibility, adding additional information on the benefits of the club to her.
“It’s helped me be a better tutor and a better person with broader perspectives,” Ramma said. “I can understand what works for other people and what doesn’t. For myself, I’m a visual learner, and I just read a bunch of stuff and figure it out. So I think exploring that with multiple people, and like people of different backgrounds helps me understand or get just what I can do to be more helpful for my community.”
Finally, we got to interview Sustainable Society through the message from Vice President Lauren Uppal, who offered her views on whether her club has made an impact.
“I was honestly really shocked to learn [Del Mar] did not have an environmentally focused club, at least one that I know of and I thought that there should be one. Sophia [Urias] and I work
hard to make sure we stay informed about world and local events to relay it back to our club.”
This year’s Club Rush displays that it helped many club leaders reflect and reach out to more individuals to join and make an impact. It allowed many students to sign up for clubs they had never signed up for.
In conclusion, if students are interested in joining a club, clubs are still active and looking for individuals who are willing.
