After-School Activities

Explore opportunities offered by the school, the PTSA, and trusted community partners.

Email: activities@nbmsptsa.org to volunteer or suggest a program

📘 School-Sponsored Activities

Clubs and programs run by school staff. Meeting times may vary by season.

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💚 PTSA-Sponsored Activities

Programs organized by our PTSA and volunteers. Students can take the activity bus home after sponsored-activities!

  • Debate Club: Students learn how to develop persuasive arguments while debating a different topic in every class. Students work in rotating groups and practice their debating skills in a supportive, friendly environment.
    • Sep 15 – Nov 17, 2025 (10 weeks) (except Oct 20, Nov 3)
    • Mondays (8 days total)
    • 3:15pm - 4:15pm

👉Link for Joining Debate: Debate Club

  • Journalism Club: Join the staff of your very own newspaper, and develop time management and writing skills as you learn “who, what, when, where and why.” Students will learn to interview, write about local news, voice their opinions in op-ed essays and manage production of their digital publication. A must for aspiring school newspaper writers and editors!
    • Sep 16 – Nov 11, 2025 (9 weeks) (except Sep 23)
    • Tuesdays (8 days total)
    • 3:15pm - 4:15pm

👉Link for Joining Journalism: Read All About It

 

🌟 External Activities

Trusted community-based programs available to families.

 

After School Tennis
 Wednesdays and Thursdays 3:05-4:20 • NBMS Courts • Registration required (below)

  • Beginner and Intermediate level. Instruction and game-based learning. Intermediate level students may progress and migrate into the Varsity Futures groupings. Socially, we try to allow friends of different skill levels to be “together”.
  • Varsity Futures Tennis Team is designed for students aspiring to play on their future high school tennis team. Skill levels are intermediate and advanced, and your child would like to play team matches against other MCPS middle schools.