Although senior Mary Krieger didn’t start Four Square Club, she did manage to make it one of the most well-known clubs in the school. Four Square Club is exactly what it sounds like, a club in which you play four square. Founded last year, the club didn’t immediately take off.

“We had like 10 people last year, maybe, including the president,” Krieger said. “Last year we got five people in a line. This year I really wanted people to come and get involved so we went to the club fair and we started playing, that’s how we got people to come. I even made a group chat and put all those people in to remind them that they signed up.”

Now, the club has 94 members in the group message and 20-30 people that show up every week.

“We just play four square, sometimes we play nine square,” junior Noah Kema said. “You have someone in the middle and you have eight squares around them and it’s a lot more advanced, you’ve got to be a master at it.”

Tuesday nights when the club meets are an opportunity for members to meet new people and relax after a long day at school. Once you get to the Firebird statue, all labels melt away and everyone gets along with each other.

“Every single group [shows up],” Kema said. “You have the athletes, the people in theatre, you have people in fine arts classes.”

The accepting environment so many foursquare members love is due to co-presidents Ethan Kallenberger, Kiran Cordes, and Krieger.

“We don’t accept negativity in this group,” Krieger said. “We don’t trash talk each other when we’re playing. We’re only positive vibes.”

The great attitude and the welcoming environment started over the summer and has carried on throughout the school year. The club met frequently to bond over paint wars, trips to Clinton Lake, and potlucks at each other’s houses.

Most importantly, Four square Club is very unique to Free State.

“I noticed Free State has a club for anything,” Kema said. “Which I think is awesome because you get to relate to people who are a lot like you but also people you wouldn’t normally talk to before. I think Free State has Four Square Club because we have a lot of creative people who think of creative things.”

Krieger is already keeping her eye out for future presidents, and even considering starting another Four Square Club when she goes to college.