There is a new club called Why not. It is student-led by Lillian Makeeff-Stetson.
This club is about setting goals and recognizing setbacks.
As club organizer Makeeff-Stetson said, “I kind of turned it into recognizing our setbacks while also achieving our goals.”
Makeeff-Stetson asked a teacher Cassidy Barclay about starting a club with goals and they became brainstorming buddies. They got where they are today, by creating a call of action. Starting to plan how to make a club thrive consists of many things you have to think of like posters, what day you are going to do it on, what will it be about and so far Makeef-Stetson and Barclay have done a wonderful job creating a goal setting club and preparing for the future.There are so many steps to get the final product. One of The last steps for why not was that they had to go through Mathew Crane to pitch the idea to students.
“We brainstormed to make it a little bit better and more approachable for students,” Barclay says.
Why not meets almost every other Wednesday in the morning at the library. They have posters around in classrooms and by the water fountains. Makeeff-Stetson is a big planner and has lesson plans and prepared guest speakers. Right now, the club is freshly new and so far has only consisted of freshman members.
“As the year goes on more kids become aware of it and new to have the opportunity to talk to more students that are older and kind of just word of mouth,” Barcaly said.
Researchers suggest that only 9% of Americans who make new year’s resolutions complete them, the study goes on to show that 23% of people quit their resolutions by the end of the first week and 43% quit by the end of January. Barclay and other students in Why Not said that they have learned a lot in this class even Barclay being a teacher says that she has learned new things being the advisor for Why Not.
Student Emma Vukelich said, “Yes this club is helping me with goal setting and keeping track of assignments.”