Competition simmers between all grades and staff before Spirit Week

By Ana Barajas

Some students say our school is the most competitive (in a good way). Everyone knows about the assemblies where teachers, 8th graders, 7th graders, and 6th graders compete in games to earn points. It all was introduced to the students of this school year during the 1st/2nd assembly in 2009.

Some of the things the teams did were participate in games and other things. One of the other things was the Penny Drive, where you put in pennies in your grade’s jar and you put silver coins (quarters, nickels, dimes, etc.) and dollars into the other teams’ jars. For the Penny Drive, the 7th graders won. I decided to ask Ms. Swinnerton for some more information that we might’ve forgotten or which will be updated ahead of time!

Question #1: Which assembly was it where the "competition" began, or where each team participated in activities/games to earn points?

Answer: It started on the November 13 Team Time as a way to have a reward activity for those students who were caught up and did not need the study hall time of Team Time.

Question #2: Which activities add on/deduct points?

Answer: Points are always given out like this:1st: 10 points, 2nd: 7 points, 3rd: 4 points, 4th: 1 point. So far we have given points out for each assembly activity, the food drive and the penny drive.

Question #3: What is the current score for each team? (teachers, 6th graders, etc.)

Answer: We had a spirit assembly on Friday. The total points for each team now are: 6th grade: 54 points, 7th grade: 48 points, 8th grade: 51 points, Staff: 44 points.

So that was the current status for the competition between the staff and each grade. We’ve still got Spirit Week to come, so don’t give up!