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While Priory constantly offers a wide variety of fun activities and events throughout the year, Spirit Week has proved to be a favorite among Priory students as they show off their school spirit. Every year, Spirit Week is unique,aseachclasschoosestheirown colorandtheme.Thisyear,theSeniors chose Blue’s Clues as their theme, the JuniorschosetheJokerswithpurpleas theircolor,followedbytheSophomore Soldiers (camo), Freshman Panthers (black) and finally the Middle School Kool-Aid (red).
Another aspect of Spirit Week thatmakesitfunanduniquefromyear to year are the break activities. This year brought some super awesome, creative break activities. For example the Freshmen introduced Priory to DoctorsandSpies,aninterestingtwist ondodgeball.Oneofthemostoriginal and hilarious break activities was the JuniorJokers’OogaBooga,inwhicha setoffourdaringcontestantsfromeach class had to copy Mr. Cohen as he chantedvariationsofthephrase“Ooga Booga” and waved a hockey stick around. Much to the surprise of the contestants, when the time came to copyMr.Cohenbysittinginthechairs behind them, they were greeted by a surprise as some tricksy Junior Jokers
placed wet sponges on their seats just before they sat down. When asked about the break activities, Elizabeth Duncan (11) noted that they “really bring everyone together. Each class just has so much spirit and they get really hypedupandcheerfortheirclassto win.It’sjustawesome!”
Of course, in the midst of all of thesebreakactivities,wecan’tforget FieldDay!PridefulPrioryPanthers rushed down to the field after an early dismissal to get their famous Field Day Amigos Burritos and race off to participate in the fun inflatable activitiessuchasjoustingandobstacle courses. They finished off the day with traditional tug-of-war competitions between grades. ASB Vice President Ryan Calbert (12) said that “this year, FieldDaywasgreatbecausealotof peoplevolunteeredfortheclass competitions. Everyone was really excitedtoparticipateandtakethewin fortheirclass”.Whenaskedabouthis favorite part, he simply added “Amigos isalwaysgood”.Weagree,Ryan! Overall, through unique themes, a wide variety of creative break activities, and the fun-filled Field Day, this year’s SpiritWeekwasanabsoluteblasttobe remembered for years to come!
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