American Math Competition Team

The American Math Competition Team represents Ryan in the annual American High School Mathematics Exam.

Animal Rights Commission

Art Club

Handles all the schools art projects in dealing with set design and decoration, they help all students with their artistic skill.

Band and Orchestra

The Archbishop Ryan High School Band/Orchestra provides a well rounded instrumental program while developing an appreciation for the beauty of music, personal accomplishment, and self discipline.

Chorus

The Chorus sings at all liturgical functions and participates in both the Christmas and Spring Concerts.

Comic Book Club

A place for people to talk comics and other pop cultural stuff. meets every wednesday in south 203 and south 310 after school. Go to the comic club forum site to learn more at http://cbclub.jconserv.net/index.php.

Community Service Corps

Community Service Corps is an organization that reaches out to the needs of the poor, the elderly, children, the handicapped,  and the less fortunate. Ryan C.S.C. operates in conjunction with the Metropolitan C.S.C. of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Officers meet at the Metropolitan office every second Sunday of the month. Local meetings are held every Monday after the Metro meeting.

Computer Club

The Computer Club is a technology club. The students construct and maintain the school's Webpage. Web page construction, Internet use, and other technology topics are taught. Other opportunities in the use of technologies are given. Many of the members act as technology assistants throughout the school.

Cricket Club

This club brings the lovable sport of the English to the students of Archbishop Ryan.

Dance Club

Dance Club members meet weekly with a dance instructor to appreciate and develop techniques in various dance forms.

Drama Club

Drama Club members perform in two musical productions each year.

Film Club  

Forensics Club

The Forensics Club promotes the art and science of public speaking and debate.

Future Engineers Club

The Future Engineers Club provides students who are seriously considering a career in engineering the opportunity to: 1. Learn more about what engineers do through personal contact with practicing engineers, 2. Attend engineering events sponsored by Temple, Drexel, and Villanova, 3. Learn how to use the HP 48G Graphing Calculator ( a powerful pocket computer) which is a tool of the engineer.

Golf Club

Golf Club is devoted to the love and enjoyment of this classic sport.

Health Careers Club

The Health Careers Club meets monthly for lectures presented by speakers from various allied health professions. Speakers include nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, and doctors. Members also participate in health promotion activities, such as Save a Sweetheart, an anti-tobacco project.

International Language Club

The International Language club is for students who are interested in World Languages and or participate in our language program here at Ryan. Monthly meetings will be held to promote a better understanding of World languages and cultures of the world. The club will participate in various activities and events in and out of school.

JV Mathletes

Our goal is to provide an arena for Freshmen and Sophomores to challenge themselves mathematically.

National Art Honor Society

The National Art Honor Society exists as a vehicle for artistic creativity and expression, and offers to serve the Ryan Community through artwork in whatever need arises. Members participate in a Museum trip to New York City.

National Honor Society

The National Honor Society strives to: create enthusiasm for scholarship, render service, promote worthy leadership, and encourage development of character. Juniors or Seniors having a cumulative rank in the top 10% of the class and maintaining consecutive honors along with a conduct average of at least 90 are eligible for selection for the Society. Members serve the Ryan community by tutoring, ushering at numerous events, publishing an annual literary magazine, sponsoring Friendship Day, Staff Appreciation Day, and Scholar of the Month program.

Newspaper

The Newspaper staff plans and publishes the Ryan Review. Students are responsible for every phase of publication from planning and interviewing to writing and editing, as well as layouts and proofing. The purpose of the Review is to give students hands-on experience of journalism while covering important events in our school, society and world.

Peer Ministry Group

The Peer Ministry Group, a leadership opportunity for those interested in serving in the ministry of Christian formation, is comprised of students from tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades. The experience centers on a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. After a series of training sessions, members develop self-confidence in decision-making and problem solving. This program includes training in how to intervene in serious issues like threats of violence or suicide.

Ryan for Life Club

The Ryan for Life Club is a group of students dedicated to the ideals of the Catholic Church's teaching on pro-life. We inform and teach others about the problems of the world and how they can be resolved by respecting life. During the course of the year we sponsor two Respect Life Days to heighten our student body about the rights of the unborn and people with disabilities, as well as issues of capital punishment, euthanasia, and the environment. In January we coordinate our efforts with concerned individuals across the United States as we March for Life in Washington, D.C. and protest the practice of abortion.

S.A.D.D.

S.A.D.D. Team (Students Against Destructive Decisions). The SADD team is a student organization whose purpose is threefold: to educate, to make aware, and to take action with those decisions that have a negative impact on the lives of adolescents and their families. The team specifically addresses the issues of underage drinking, drug use, tobacco use, violence, sexual promiscuity, etc. The goal of this group is to encourage the student body to live as Jesus would live and choose a life of virtue dependent on God's grace. The SADD team is a charter member of the national organization of SADD.

Speech and Debate

Speech and Debate Team comprises students who are members of the Speech, Debate and Student Congress Clubs, and who compete against other schools in the Philadelphia Catholic Forensics League, the Pennsylvania High School Speech League, and the National Forensics League. Students who qualify may compete in Finals Tournaments at the city, state, and national levels.The low student to teacher ratio in this activity (approximately six to one) assures students of individualized coaching and direction. Colleges and universities have high regard for participation in Speech and Debate (also called Forensics), and students who participate in this activity also find improvement in their self-confidence as well as in their school work.

• Speech Club: Students in the Speech Club are members of the Archbishop Ryan Speech and Debate Team. They compete in public speaking events that highlight a student's ability to interpret literature (poetry and prose) as well as dramatic and humorous dialogs. Speeches can also be written originally by the students and can cover a range of interests from current events to humor. This event develops a student's poise and self-expression in front of others, and it opens them up to a broad selection of literature and performance writing.
• Debate Club: Students in the Debate Club are members of the Archbishop Ryan Speech and Debate Team. They compete in Policy Cross-Examination Debate in teams of two students each, debating in an organized way a topic selected for the entire year, for every high school in the country. Each team will debate both in favor of and in opposition to a specific policy resolution. (Recent topics have included U.S. Russia relations, renewable energy resources, and education reform.) This event develops a student's skills in research,organization, and refutation, focused in depth on one specific area.
• Student Congress Club: Students in the Student Congress Club are members of the Archbishop Ryan Speech and Debate Team. They compete in events which simulate the proceedings of the U.S. Congress, debating the merits of bills and resolutions addressing a broad range of contemporary social and political concerns identified by the students themselves. This event develops a students' skills in research, writing, public policy and parliamentary procedure.

Stage Crew

Stage Crew members meet on a regular basis to plan technical assistance with all functions held in the auditorium. They acquire an understanding of stage equipment and supplies, and gain new ideas by interacting with those involved in outside programs presented in the auditorium.

Student Council

Seeking to nurture leadership qualities among its members, the Student Council functions as a spokesperson between the administration and student body, fostering harmonious relations among the Ryan community. It encourages a spirit of promoting academic, social, community, and athletic events and organizes the election of members by individual classes.

Varsity Mathletes

Varsity Mathletes meet every Monday after school for an academic workout in preparation for a monthly competition wherein they compete as a team with other schools in the Archdiocese. The Varsity Mathletes won the Northern Division Archdiocesan and City Championships for the past three consecutive years.

World Affairs Club

The World Affairs Club promotes involvement in world affairs through activities such as debates, seminars, lectures, and competition in the Model United Nations and Mock Trial programs. In the Model UN program, students represent the policies of countries of the world and attack world problems at simulated United Nations sessions. Students play the role of witnesses and attorneys in the Mock Trial program. Model UN and Mock Trial have earned awards and media recognition for the students involved. WEBSITE: www.geocities.com/arworldaffairs

Yearbook

The Yearbook staff experiences the opportunity to advance journalistic skills while working together to produce Sentinel Through their efforts staff members seek to further an appreciation of Ryan among the entire student body as well as increase yearbook sales.