A Club of Friendship
October 24, 2014
Best Buddies is a club for students with intellectual disabilities at LHS. These students, nicknamed “Buddies” by the club, meet up with their “Peer Buddies,” other students who elect to join the club. Buddies and Peer Buddies share a two-way relationship where they are constantly learning from one another.
To help facilitate these friendships, Best Buddies has chapter meetings every other Thursday. That gives everyone the chance to walk around and meet new people.
[Mason] is always making people smile. I see him in the hallway; I think he is the most popular kid in the school right now, he is always talking to everybody, making them laugh. It rubs off on us.
— Sammy Papas
“The biggest thing at meetings is that we like to let everyone get to know each other,” said senior and co-president Ryan Behm. “That way people are socializing and meeting each other. We try to limit the structure so that they are laid back.”