Art, drama, chess – upon the topic of high school clubs, these are a few of the typical ideas that first come to mind. But LHS has its fair share of unique clubs, including an all new Enchanting Club, spearheaded by freshman Emma Kimball.

Enchanting Club is the brainchild of Kimball and several of her friends, all of them modern witches looking to inform LHS about the practice of witchcraft. They meet on Mondays after school in Kyle Dietz’ classroom, A205, from 3:25 p.m. to 4 p.m.. 

“My idea was to start the club to first erase all the stereotypes that were brought on by the media about modern witches and just witchcraft in general, and I’m basically giving information about modern witchcraft,” said Kimball. “…I came up with [the idea] because I’m a modern witch and I have friends who are also modern witches, and they kept pestering me and I was just like, let’s make a club, just to teach others who are interested or who just want to know about the practice.”

The activities of the club differ based on the day, but all meetings, led by Kimball, cover various aspects of modern witchcraft.

“A normal day is learning some basics,” said Kimball. “The first meeting was just an intro. The second was sigils; they can be used as protection [and] help with anything. And, this past one was a holiday that I talked about, so it’s basically just informing with activities and such.”

Kimball encourages anyone who wants to learn more about witchcraft to pursue their interest.

“I would say if they were curious to start off doing some basic research. Start with history: goddesses, gods, deities in general, even some holidays [and] the history of holidays, ‘cause most Christian holidays come from Pagan holidays,” said Kimball. 

Above all, Kimball encourages people to discard their stereotypical interpretations of witches.

“Don’t say that witches are scary or mean because really, the first and only rule to witchcraft is to harm none,” said Kimball. “Because witches in stories will eat children and put curses on people. Many and most modern witches just deal with nature and helping others.”