to higher education. Athletics The competitive boys' sports of Archbishop Ryan include baseball, basketball, football, wrestling, bowling, cross country, ice hockey, golf, indoor/outdoor track and field, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, and tennis. The competitive girls' sports of Archbishop Ryan include basketball, bowling, cross country, field hockey, indoor/outdoor track and field, lacrosse, ragdoll cheerleading, raider cheerleading, soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball, and swimming. Extracurricular activities Almost 94% of the student body at Archbishop Ryan participates in after school activities and sports. The school has over 74 clubs with everything from Strategy Games club to a Sewing club. Archbishop Ryan has a theater program that produces two musical productions per year. It also hosts a summer program that produces a summer musical. Their auditorium's sound booth provides Izod Surround Sound 55:1 settings. The Ryan Review, Archbishop Ryan's award-winning newspaper, has received recognition year-after-year for journalistic excellence. All of the Review's editors are members of the Quill & Scroll International Honor Society for High School Journalism and the staff writers study closely with the editors. The staff uses Associated Press Formatting and InDesign to produce their paper. The Ryan Review does most of its own photography through the Photo Editor and two photographers through the use of a Nikon D40 camera with a 14-155mm lens. This paper also features a texting service to allow student interaction with the editors. The Yearbook provides a way for students to participate in creating a yearbook which will be handed out to each graduating class as part of their prom fee. Students use InDesign, Photoshop, and Paint to do layout work for the yearbook and take most of their own pictures, using digital cameras and a single Nikon D300. Other clubs and activities include: Ambassadors American Math Competition Asian Student Association American Sign Language Club Art Club Book Club Chorus Community Service Corps Concert Band Creative Writing Club Fishing Club Jazz Band Pit Orchestra Pep Band Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Future Engineers Garden Club Health Careers Club Interact Club Mathletes (JV and Varsity) National Honor Society (Rho Kappa, National English Honor Society, Nuestro Capitulo) No Place for Hate Orchestra Ryan for Life Ryan Pride Speech and Debate Team Stage Crew Student Council Table Tennis Protect our Schools Tribe-a-Thon Planning Team TV Studio/Media Club Renaissance Club AR Minds Matter References External links Archbishop Ryan's Official Website Roman Catholic secondary schools in Philadelphia Irish-American culture in Philadelphia Educational institutions