Stepping Out Club: Hard Working for Halloween

Stepping Out Club’s pictures hanging outside of room 153. They made these pictures at their first meeting. They are having a Halloween party Thursday October 31. Photo courtesy of Lauren Kurtzer.

Stepping Out Club is having a Halloween party on Thursday, Oct. 31 in Room 254 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

This club partners disabled students to make new friends outside of the classroom and have fun.

“It is a great way for them to be a kid,” said Mrs. Emily Conaster, Academic Assistant and former advisor of the club.

The meeting on Thursday is celebrating Halloween with lively activities.

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“We have planned a lot of different things,” said Ms. Schroeder, Special Education Teacher. “There will be three rotating groups, a costume party and trick-or-treating.”

At the party there will be:

Eating
Decorating bags
Dance party
Relay made by student board
Costume contest
Trick-or-treating in the commons

“I am most excited for dress up and trick-or-treating since I am not trick-or-treating in my neighborhood,” said Natalie Kerr, 9.

The beginning of the party will be three rotating groups. They will be:

Eating and decorating bags
Dancing
Relay

“We tried trick-or-treating around the whole school but it was too chaotic so we decided to have it in the commons,” said Schroeder. “I have invited a lot of teachers to pass out candy. Hopefully some will come.”

There is a Stepping Out board of upperclassmen of ten students. Half of the students on the board are partners and the other half are disabled. They are elected by the Stepping Out Club at the beginning of each school year.

“Stepping Out Board meet once a month to plan the upcoming meeting,” said Schroeder. “We have two presidents, one abled; one disabled, two vice presidents and so on.”

For the Stepping Out board they know the work they have put into it and can enjoy the party knowing they made it happen.

About the Contributor

Lauren Kurtzer, Creative Projects Director

Hi! My name is Lauren Kurtzer and I am a senior here at SHS; thus making it my fourth year in convergence journalism. Looking back on everything I learned and done in room 115, I can not believe it went by that quickly. Being on the staff of The Leaf I have picked up many skills on writing, design, and leadership that I can take to the future. I learned many of those skills through leadership positions of feature chief sophomore year; associate editor junior year, where I made sure articles are up to AP Style; creative projects director this year, I am part of a team that works on the major cover stories like the crazy election. I have written and designed for all four of our platforms. For the past three years, I have also written a sports column on every issue; I cover the morale issues of the NFL and my teams the Reds, Bengals and Buckeyes. Outside of room 115, I am the co-captain of the dance team I have been on for four years, the Flyerettes. I am also heavily involved in the Jewish community. I am the Programming Vice President for my temple’s youth group, which is a part of NFTY Ohio Valley, and the Social Action Programmer for Young Judaea Midwest youth movement. On Sundays, I am a madricha or assistant teacher at my Religious School.