Spartan School Spirit Takes Center Stage at 2nd Annual Winterfest

Written by: Marguerite Bysshe

On Friday, Dec. 7, students in grades 9-12 participated in the second annual Winterfest. The school’s acapella choir group, Shacapella, kicked off the event by performing two songs and featuring different soloists. Naturally, the crowd was blown away by their performance. Next,, varsity and JV cheerleading presented their routine and wowed students with impressive stunts and tumbling. While volleyball was the main attraction, student council also planned activities such as musical chairs and tug of war. Each grade volunteered two students to compete in the musical chairs activities. After a long, intense match, the senior class won.

The next competition was tug of war. The juniors faced off the seniors in an extremely close battle. While the juniors had the advantage when it came to numbers, the seniors held their own. The rope remained immovable for an impossibly long 30 seconds, before the juniors pulled through and won. Finally, it was time for the official volleyball tournament.

A team of well practiced juniors began their match against an equally as prepared team of seniors. The game was close and the student body was excited and cheered for every point. When the seniors won, everyone was ecstatic.

A brief intermission occurred to give players time to rest. The students working the event began the balloon pop, a competition where two members of each grade would have to race across the gym, sit on a balloon to pop it, and run back to tag their partner. This tag team style race continued until all the balloons had been popped. The race was short, but the seniors finished in record, winning yet again.

When the second volleyball game, students versus staff, began, all eyes were on the teachers. Would they come out victorious and defeat their own students? The first game gave the seniors a big lead. They consistently had strong serves and used their height to their advantage. The second game brought a new wave of energy from the staff. They began to play more offensively and worked together to prevent the seniors from securing another win against them. Their efforts paid off and tied everything up.

Both teams seemed pretty evenly matched at the start. Everyone was playing aggressively and there were a few good saves by both sides. All in all, everything was pretty close in the third and final game. Once the staff started making mistakes, the seniors got a boost of confidence and won the tournament. Everyone was thrilled and it was a great ended to a very successful pep rally.
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