Pep assemblies (261)

The biggest school wide competition is the spirit stick. What is the spirit stick? Well, the spirit stick is a prize for the most spirited class, although most of the competitions that determine a winner have nothing to do with spirit. Don’t get me wrong, some do, but others really do not measure spirit, but luck or chance. Also, the pep assemblies are originally about introducing our new season’s sports, clubs, activities, getting students excited for them, and recognizing the past sports’ accomplishments. Although they do this, the main purpose has moved away from this and towards winning the spirit stick. The students are way more focused on what class is the best than the actual reason for the assemblies. Even though the students probably don’t think of it this way, the competition for the stick may cause the classes to go against each other, because only one class is happy with the end result. This also somewhat goes against what the whole purpose of the spirit stick is for also. If the stick is meant to create spirit and pride in your school, and pride and spirit in a school promotes teamwork and a good environment. But, since the other three classes didn’t win, they are not going to be super happy about the outcome, but at the same time, they expected. Most of the student expect the seniors to win every time, so when they do it is no surprise. Because what school doesn’t want their seniors to win? Of course, you don’t want to lose your senior year!