Student Life

Getting Involved

Get Involved with a Club!

Student involvement in extracurriculars is the hallmark in developing a young woman’s ability to make lasting friendships, learn how to communicate and problem solve and broadens her personal development outside of the classroom. Additionally, School spirit and comradery is affected when all students engage themselves into the life of the school. For this reason, Mount de Sales requires every student to be involved in at least one extracurricular club, sport or play production each year. An updated list of clubs is shared annually at the club fair, held at the beginning of the school year.

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Academy Ambassadors

The goal of the Academy Ambassadors Club is to develop the skills of each student in becoming an excellent leader. Ambassadors interact with students interested in attending Mount de Sales and are expected to enthusiastically share their experiences as Sailors.
Art Club

This club is for artists of all skill levels! Whether you have been drawing since you could hold a pencil or can only draw stick figures the Art Club is for you. The club meets monthly and will be a blend of open creative time as well as guided workshops that will explore various topics of the art world.
Baking Club
Dance Club

This club is open to all students who enjoy dancing, no experience necessary! Club members will learn a variety of choreography throughout the year and will be given several performance opportunities both on campus and off campus. Highlights include the Homecoming Flash Mob, the Christmas Assembly, and a Spring Field Trip. Dance Club will meet once a month during Open Break. Additional optional rehearsals will be held after school in the weeks leading up to each performance.
Dream Club

The Dream Club is an all-inclusive club whose members seek to celebrate achievements toward the American dream; seek to humbly acknowledge where we, as human beings and in institutions, fall short of that dream; seek to prayerfully work towards making that dream indeed a reality for all; seek to educate ourselves and others about racial, cultural, and ethnic issues; and seek to engage in genuine conversations about how our understanding of race, culture, and ethnicity contribute uniquely to each of our identities as children of God, made in His Divine Image.
Environmental Club

This club seeks to increase environmental awareness for students on both a personal and school community level. Students will have the opportunity to promote environmental action projects, learn about current environmental issues, attend environmental presentations, and experience nature through field trip excursions.
Game Club

This club celebrates intelligence, creativity, strategy, and fun. You might not find many classics like Monopoly, Risk, or Yahtzee. Instead, you will find newer games that embrace strategic thinking, decisions that matter, learning how to work with someone else (or possibly against someone else), or potentially just a way to laugh a bunch! Games rules are taught at each meeting and new games are introduced all the time.
Golf Club

Golf Club offers an opportunity for all levels of golfers from beginner to pro. Our beginners have the opportunity to experience the game for the first time with trips to the driving range for basic lessons and then on to an actual course. For the pro or experienced golfer it offers the chance to improve while sharing her knowledge with other golfers. Our young ladies are encouraged to experience a game that will be viable for a lifetime while learning the essential of exercise in good health. Spare clubs are available for both right and left handed golfers so they can realize their desire to play the game.
Guardians of Life

The Guardians of Life club engages in learning and activism to promote a culture of life at Mount de Sales. Past meetings have included Students for Life trainings, listening to pro-life speakers, preparing for the March for Life, and hosting a baby shower to collect donations for a local pregnancy center. All students are welcome to join!
Thespian Club
Medical Club

The Medical Club welcomes students who would like to use their gifts and talents in a medical or healing profession, with opportunities to learn about different medical fields from guest speakers and projects. The club will meet once a month.
Mock Trial

Mock Trial is an interscholastic competition that gives students the opportunity to learn about legal proceedings and contemporary legal issues in Maryland through friendly competition before professional judges and attorneys. Students receive a case and prepare, with the assistance of attorney coaches, the faculty advisor, and their peers, to argue that case against Mock Trial teams from other public and private schools located in Baltimore & Harford Counties. Participation in Mock Trial increases students' awareness of current issues and hones the skills of argumentation, thinking on one's feet, and public speaking. This club runs from October-March.
National History/ Rho Kappa Club
Newspaper/Publication Club

This club is designed for students interested in any of the following areas: graphic design, photography, writing and publication production. Students will determine the areas in which they want to focus. The goal of the club will be to produce a student publication for the student body. (Lighthouse or online publication to be determined).
Open Gym Club
Pickleball Club
Public Speaking Club
Robotics Club
Sodality

Our mission is to cultivate faith in Jesus through devotion to Mary. Sodality was started in 1852 making it the first and oldest club at Mount de Sales. We host and assist at many school events including faith-based book studies, student witness panels, the living rosary and much more. We strive to be models of faith in action and are committed to pray for our school.
Student Council

Student Council members are elected in the early spring for the following school year. Interested students should reach out to their homeroom teacher or Student Council Moderators: Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Greene.

Travel with MDSA

MDSA believes Travel is an integral part of personal growth as it challenges students to become more independent, self-confident and self-sufficient. MDSA aims to offer a variety of travel opportunities each year through the Student Life Office as well as various classes and clubs. Upcoming opportunities are shared throughout the year in Mrs. Greene’s weekly “Student Life Update” email to the students as well as through Sailor Mail.

National Honors Societies

Students who meet the specific academic requirements can be chosen and inducted into a selection of Honors Societies.

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National Honor Societies Include:

Get Involved with Service!

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Religious and Service Opportunities Include:
- Morning Mass
- Various Service Events that support homeless and other members of our community in need
- Various Pro-Life Events that support pregnancy shelters, and praying for the unborn
- Adopting Families for Christmas
- Mercy Nights
- Retreats
- Liturgical Music
- Clean-Up Days
- Leadership Workshop
- Living Rosary
- Fall Festival
- Homecoming
- Open House
- Retreats