Composed of a group of 15 girls, the step team is geared up for its second season.

“The girls have already started working so very hard,” sponsor Elizabeth White said.

Usually practicing down in the lower atrium by Office 23, the beat created by their foot stomps and hand claps can be heard from the other end of the hall.

“I like dancing and I like rhythm,” freshman Makiya Edwards said. “It’s about expressing the way you feel.”

Over the past couple years, stepping has become an increasingly popular form of high school dance. Last year, a group of girls decided to get together and form FHN’s very own step team. However, due to the limited budget the team has, they are unable to perform as much as they would like to.

“We’re hoping that in the years to come if we get [Proposition Howell] to pass, that we will be able to do more activities than what we are doing now,” White said.

Currently, the step team prepares and rehearses routines for their upcoming performances during the basketball season, at the DECA jump-off and the Snowcoming pep assembly.

“They’ll put their heart and their soul into what they do and they’re really excited to let FHN know that they’re sticking around and that they’re ready to go,” White said.