[PHOTO STORY] Student groups fair draws a crowd

Helen Frost, Ibid Editor
September 9, 2024
EXPLORE SOMETHING WILD. Seniors Ada LaTarte and Ava Schluender talk to Cassandra Overholt about their Art in Nature Club. “It’s a relaxing space for people to express their creativity and share their appreciation for the great outdoors,” says Schluender about her club.
EXPLORE SOMETHING WILD. Seniors Ada LaTarte and Ava Schluender talk to Cassandra Overholt about their Art in Nature Club. “It’s a relaxing space for people to express their creativity and share their appreciation for the great outdoors,” says Schluender about her club.
Helen Frost

Group leaders launched the season of clubs and affinity groups at the Student Groups Fair on Friday in Lilly Courtyard. Clubs will meet for the first time this Thursday.

A brief rain shower threatened to send the event indoors, but with the help of Facilities staff, tables were wiped down and groups rushed to prep tables as X-Period began.
Helen Frost
GOOD DEEDS. Juniors Elizabeth Tuttle and Franny Wagner hold up their sign for their club, Cards for Hospitalized Kids. The goal of their club is to make kids in hospitals feel joy and connection when they are going through a hard time through handmade cards.
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