Spirit week may have a few more changes to it than recent years, but what has not changed is just how much students, and even the school clubs this year, are waiting in anticipation.
It may only be so far into the month of March, but the basic schedule for this year’s CHS spirit week, happening from March 20th to the 24th, has already been made. It includes some interesting changes some still may not be aware of, with some school clubs also playing a role in the preparations.
As for the schedule, the following is what the Student Council decided: first off, Monday, March 20, is designated red and white day, in which every student, no matter the grade, sports as much of their school colors as they can. This coming first may be quite the surprise to many upper-classmen, as this day has been on Friday for many years. For the designated after-school activity, students will be participating in human Hungry-Hungry Hippo. In the past, it has been human Trouble, as well, but either way, these sorts of competitions have usually been on Monday in the past.
Tuesday, March 21, is hat/costume day. Students are allowed to wear any kind of hat inside the building all day, and they can score even more points for their class if they wear an entire costume with it, as well. The after-school activity is the dance competition.
Wednesday, March 22 has been dubbed pajama day this year as opposed to Monday like in the past. Students can wear their most comfortable pajamas, robes, slippers, etc. to school (as long as it is appropriate). The activity after school is the table-tennis competition. Almost Anything Goes, the famous pep-rally, used to be on Wednesday night, as well, but not for this year.
Thursday, March 23, is sports day, in which student wear their favorite sports hats, jerseys, and uniforms. Students actually recently voted to keep this one in the schedule against some other proposed ideas by the Student Council. Teachers claim there has been seemingly minimal participation in it compared to the rest of the week. The after-school activity will be class feud. It is similar to the game show “Family Feud”, in which the classes compete to win.
Finally, on Friday, March 24, is the famous, student-favorited color wars, which used to be on Wednesday. Each of the four classes get two colors that they have to try to wear the most articles of. For this year, the colors are as follows: freshmen are black and yellow, sophomores are orange and gray, juniors are blue and purple, and seniors are pink and green. It gets the most competitive between the classes on this day, but many students find it to be the most fun overall to be a part of. As the grand finale to end the week, Almost Anything Goes has also been moved from Wednesday to Friday night.
Along with all of these new events happening each day, there will also be some other competitions between the classes going on throughout the week. They include penny wars to see who can raise the most money, the mural competition to see who is the most creative and artistic, and food wars to see who can donate the most food.
Overall, however, most students consider color wars the greatest part of the week, so much so that certain clubs are promoting it further. One example comes from the “Stitch it Up Club”, a knitting and crocheting club, which has already planned to sell knitted headwear in each of the designated class colors for five dollars each.
The club was founded by CHS english teacher, Ms. Plante, who claims that knitting is a hobby of hers. “I noticed a lot of my students seemed interested in what I was doing, so I wanted to teach them how,” she replied when asked why she started the club. From what else she has said about it, her club seems to be doing quite well. According to her, due to the selling of everything they make, the club has raised over 1000 dollars for the School Culture and Climate Committee, and they have already made plans to move forward by perhaps beginning to make more earwarmers next fall. They never seem to be out of supplies, either, getting plenty of support from the community. “Even some people’s grandparents have donated yarn,” Ms. Plante says. She hopes that by selling their merchandise for spirit week, the club will be promoted even further, and some underclassmen will be wanting to join. Plante wants to remind students that it is an easy and fun way to get community service hours for NHS, and the like.
Spirit week may have a few more changes to it than recent years, but what has not changed is just how much students, and even the school clubs this year, are waiting in anticipation.
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