On Tuesday, students became the Nesquik Bunny, Zuko from Avatar and SpongeBob. On Wednesday, they got “performative” with their matcha and tote bags, even having a contest on who was the best on theme. On Thursday, they came to campus to battle bikers vs. surfers.
But Friday was the big day — Club Rush. And students went all out by representing something that made them proud. For example, one person wore their Skyline track jersey, while another represented Canada.
All of that was part of the first Spirit Week of the school year from Sept. 2 to Sept. 5.
“We love Spirit Week, and I think that it’s great to see the activity that happened the other day at lunchtime,” said Principal Rebecca Huang on Sept. 5. “I feel like there are more kids this year that dressed up for Spirit Week than in previous years.”
Spirit Week themes were chosen by students in Leadership, which is divided into four classes. Each class came up with an array of ideas and then narrowed it down to one.
Challaney Pich is a second-year Leadership student. Her class came up with the character day theme.
“Spirit Week provides unity,” she said. “Spirit Week promotes engagement and it develops leadership skills, strengthening our school’s culture,” she said.
Gilberto Cruz, a senior in CHED, helped build that culture with jewelry, matcha and feminist literature on Performative Day. He won third place.
The “performative” trend has surged on social media, specifically on TikTok. It focuses on men who exaggerate characteristics of a person trying to be trendy, essentially putting on an act for attention.
“The contest is a great way to show Skyline’s uniqueness provided for us by Leadership,” said Cruz. “Spirit Week is always great to show off that some people go all out.”
The most widespread spirit came on Friday at lunch time. That’s when more than 70 sports, clubs and organizations— from Skate Club to Finance Club — recruited new members by giving out candy, waving flags and “pieing” people.
