Most students leave their math class with a bad score and a headache, wishing desperately for some joy and whimsy to be added to their miserable class periods; which is exactly what “The Five Factoring Freaks” decided to do.

“The Five Factoring Freaks”: juniors Deidre Drensky, Zyra Sularte, Ellie Stephens, Avery Neugebauer and Lauren Ribovich decided to bring fun back to their fourth period last year via Instagram.

“It started during a math class where we had a sub … we began taking pictures of each other using funny filters on Snapchat,” Junior Zyra Sularte said, which they posted on their “Five Factoring Freaks” Instagram page. Soon, this grew into an after-class tradition, continuing to this day.

This simple after-class tradition allowed this group of girls to grow closer.

“Before the math class, we were not as close. We were acquainted, … but we got a lot closer with the account,” Sularte said.

While originating as a joke, over time, the goal of this account has changed.

“It [has] developed into a way to encourage us to come to school,” Sularte said.

Sularte further explained that on days that she would rather do anything but go to school, she and the rest of the Factoring Freaks fight through their dread and attend, simply so they make it in the weekly post.

All members of the group hope to continue this account for the rest of their time at Hoban.

“I hope people just find it funny,” Junior Avery Neugebauer said, “We’ve had so many people say that they’re gonna like our posts in the hallways, so it’s spreading joy.”