By Reilly Hungerford – Staff Reporter

Jonathan Law’s Engineering Cub, started by senior Sarah Patel and advised by math teacher Mr. Walsh, will start meetings again on Thursday, October 7, after school in Room 198.

This year, the Engineering Club will be launching rockets.

“The kids want to build better and better rockets that fly higher,” Walsh said.

Patel started the Engineering Cub because there was nothing at Jonathan Law like it.

 “A few of my friends and I decided to start the Engineering Club because we were all interested in/involved in things that fell under the category of engineering and realized that JLHS didn´t have a club that fully encompassed those interests,” Patel said.

The club is also planning to do competitions and maybe even out of state and overnight trips. 

“Some of the things we plan on doing this year are rocketry and research-based competitions, as well as various engineering projects,” Patel said. “Competitions may involve out-of-state/overnight trips.”

The club is very excited for competitions.

“I want to try to enter some competitions, there’s so many amateur and high school level competitions that they can enter,” Patel said. “A lot of them are free, some of them are competitive, some of them are educational, so you can choose what you want.”

Members of the club are very willing to help other members with separate projects.

“We are usually pretty flexible; if a member wants to design and build something specific, we will try to help them do it,” Patel said.

COVID-19 has restricted a lot of the club’s plans the last two years, but they’re hoping some restrictions are lifted. 

“COVID-19 restrictions prevented us from doing a lot of things last year, but we are hoping that this year will be different,” Patel said.

The club holds meetings every Thursday unless announced otherwise.

Currently, the only students in the Engineering Club are seniors. They are hoping to recruit underclassmen. Students of all grades are allowed to participate in the Engineering Club. 

All new members are welcome. If students are interested in joining the club, all they need to do is show up to the first meeting on October 7.