Successful Young Women is a service-oriented organization at James S. Rickards High School.

The purposes for Successful Young Women are to: 

• Provide an environment for students who wish to improve their potential for success.
• Define varying degrees of success and expose students to short and long term goal setting.
• Explore careers and create a plan of action to achieve specific career choices.

Criteria for Membership

• Female student
• Desire & willingness to serve the school and community
• Desire to be successful at student's highest possible potential
• May enter with any G.P.A., but must improve in areas below 2.0
• May enter with any citizenship grade, but must improve to all satisfactory or outstanding ratings.
• Attend all scheduled meetings
• Adherence to all school rules
• Must demonstrate improvement while participating in organization

Students receiving detentions or referrals will not be allowed to participate in club activities for 2 weeks following the detention or referral. The first infraction will result in the member being placed on probation. Members will be suspended from the club after 3 infractions of the above. 

Activities will vary throughout the year and may include but not be limited to:

• Career Day
• Adopt-a-Street program
• Career Planning (Guest speakers will be invited in periodically)
• Teachers' Appreciation Week activity
• End of Year activity
• Fund Raisers as needed
• Contribute to Charity of Choice - one per semester
• Dress for Success (days will vary)
• Lock In
• Assisting Teachers
• Big Bend Cares