So my school had a very limited number of STEM Clubs or STEM opportunities in general. I was looking to start one next year as a junior. I was wondering if there are any suggestions to the best type of club to start (Like science olympiad, mu alpha theta, etc). My school is pretty small so there wouldn’t be that many members.
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My daughter’s friend started a programming club while they were in HS. They just got together and did different programming exercises. My D was a complete newbie to it, and started by learning something simple (don’t remember what). They met over lunch once or twice a week (brought their lunches to the room). The guy who started it had been programming for a few years, so he and a couple others could help the kids that were new. They kept it pretty mellow (avoiding “bro” programmer bragging/competition type culture), which made people feel welcome if they were new to it.
A couple other friends of hers joined FIRST Robotics teams at another nearby high school, then after a couple years came back and started a FIRST club at their own school. That was a lot of work, fundraising, etc. But a lot of fun, too, and the team is still going strong a few years after those kids graduated. The school has just created a Makerspace, too.
@Jedelm23 Make a Zero Robotics team or a USACO training club (lol I helped find these clubs at school). Maybe do a medical research thing that is paired with a local college (also found :P)
@redwall3000 That sounds cool! Unfortunately I live on an island so there aren’t any other nearby high schools or colleges. But my school could use the USA olympiads.
@Jedelm23 Cool, go for it! PM me if you want help on logistics 
I founded a Science Research Club this year and its the best decision I have made! We learn how to professionally write and research and many professors from our local universities come in and look at our research and teach us the process in college as well as help us get internships. Instead of having any one join, I recruited people who I know are driven and commited, because the other club I run is pre med and literally people join just for college. A bunch of non stem/ non pre med people quit because we actually taught medical stuff.
@bbixl145 Honestly, a science research club sounds fantastic. There aren’t any local universities, but a couple teachers in my school have PHDs. Do you think that they would be able to give useful advice?
YES! The reason we have professors come is because I reached out to the science supervisor of my town and he got his professor friends involved. They will get really excited about it!
He was probably more excited about the club than I was
Talk to your school. Most expect a teacher sponsor or mentor for a new club (and to make this make sense on your college apps, real learning, not just hanging.) You can’t really “lead” something when you have little experience.