Student Council
Sponsors: Aubrey Howerton and Jessica Baldwin

The purpose of the student council is to give students an opportunity to develop leadership by organizing and carrying out school activities and service projects. In addition to planning events that contribute to school spirit and community welfare, the student council is the voice of the student body.

FCCLA: Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America
Sponsor: Terri Mitchell

The purpose of FCCLA is to provide students with opportunities to develop leadership abilities while focusing on the aspects, skills, and theory within the curriculum. Membership is open to all students in secondary schools who are taking or have taken courses in the Home Economics department.

National Junior Honor Society
Sponsors: Kim Moore and Kelsey Hubbard

The purpose of the National Junior Honor Society is to create an enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to develop character. To be eligible for membership in the RJHS Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society, a student must have been enrolled in Russellville Junior High School for one full semester and must have a grade point average of at least 3.6 (on a 4.0 scale) or higher for the three preceding 9 weeks grading periods. Students must have no major discipline infractions and no more than two minor discipline infractions. Please see RJHS handbook for clarification. Once inducted, students must maintain all standards of the chapter to remain members of the National Junior Honor Society.

Yearbook
Sponsor: Rachel Brown

This course covers a general overview of journalism with the focus on creating and producing the RJHS yearbook within a deadline. Students will develop writing, editing, interview skills, photography, layout and design, and computer publishing skills in a hands-on environment. This class is open to ninth-grade students by application, interview, and teacher recommendation. Students receive an academic credit in this class.

Quiz Bowl
Sponsors: Elesha White

Quiz Bowl is an Arkansas Activities Association sanctioned team which competes in the 6A West Region and 6A State classifications. The RJHS team competes in games with other schools, at invitational tournaments, and in the 6A Region and State tournaments. 6A Region and State championships are awarded in quiz bowl play. Players use their knowledge, skills, tactics, and strategies to score points in four-quarter games. Quiz bowl topics of which players must be knowledgeable and skilled include math, science, history, literature, language arts, art, music, popular culture, mythology, sports and current events, among many others. Some quiz bowl players use knowledge from many areas to compete, while other players may be “specialists” in one or two topics.