Shedding Light on Unique Clubs This Year
Student-led clubs are a big part of the culture and community of Grace. There are many different clubs around school that all have different motivations and work to achieve different things. They vary from academic teams, like MUN (Model United Nations), to honey-making clubs. All of these clubs are started and run by our peers. These clubs contribute to some of the changes, adaptations and demands we see around school. Not all students know about all the different clubs offered here at Grace because not enough clubs share their message in a public manner. This prevents them from getting more members and contributions from the Grace community.
Grace Leslie ‘18 is a co-leader of Ephemera, a magazine that specializes in literary and art submissions. Leslie shared that at the end of each year Ephemera produces a final magazine with all the submissions that were received from students throughout the year. Leslie’s job at Ephemera is editing and writing submissions for the magazine. When I asked Leslie what was needed most from the Grace community to make Ephemera even better, she responded, “We need more submissions and members. More submissions from students, and not only from teachers submitting work for students.”
Entrepreneurs club is a club that focuses on new and improved ways to make our community more sustainable, as well as the world as a whole. A range of ideas are tossed around during the clubs meeting, and the best are kept and the club tries to integrate them into school. It is a great club for those who consider themselves young entrepreneurs on a journey to make their community an even better place. Jorge El Koury ‘18 and member of this club says, “We need new members who can bring new ideas to the table! We also need people who can help and get in on some of our current ideas to make them a reality.”
Anna Hedengren ‘20 is part of both Spectrum and Best Buddies. Spectrum is a club devoted to spreading awareness about the LQBTQ+ community and discussing issues related to this diverse group of people. They watch movie clips, TV shows, interviews, and much more to spark conversation in each meeting. Hedengren says, “To join, you don’t have to identify on the spectrum, you can just go and show your support as an ally, like me!” Spectrum is a safe place, and is one of the more secluded and reserved clubs at Grace. Her other club, Best Buddies, exists to help kids with physical and mental disabilities. Best Buddies is an organization that exists out of school, but our school club has association to it. This is a fairly new club, so they are still working on getting connections with certain organizations outside of school. When I asked Hedengren what the club has done so far she said, “Because we are a fairly new club, we are not paired with any special needs kids yet, but we still participate in walks and other events run by the Best Buddies organization.”
Clubs at Grace bring people from all different grades together and give them a chance to work together on a particular idea. They also demonstrate the different interests of students around the school. The clubs mentioned above are only a few of the many clubs offered here, and everyone should join one. A common need among many clubs is more members, and many clubs are willing to change their scheduled meeting times to accommodate members. Check out some of the amazing clubs Grace has to offer, you might just find one that fits you!