Every year during spirit week, the four high school classes participate in decorating their hallways to be judged, also known as ‘Hallway Wars’. Classes devote much of their time and resources to decorate these halls to fit the given theme. This year, classes were expected to accessorize their corridors fitting to a board game theme.This year, a certain conflict arose surrounding a member of the advising staff, Mrs. Speerin. As Ms. O’neil is no longer an SGA advisor, Mrs. Speerin volunteered to take her place, presenting an issue with her current position as the Class of 2026 Advisor, along with Ms. Pottruck. Speerin says, “I have been involved with what is happening with the school and I really like working with the students putting events together.” They both feel that Ms. Speerin is an important asset to this school and that she will run student government to their greatest abilities.
To assist in the Juniors for their hallway, Mrs. Martinez stepped up for the class. Ms. Pottruck feels that Mrs. Martinez did an amazing job and really motivated the class. Mrs. Martinez says, “The kids had some problems maintaining a positive attitude and making sure people are actually there, but it helped me to form a bond with the kids that I didn’t know before.” Despite these drawbacks, they still did a fantastic job securing themselves a first place win, beating the Seniors.
This year, classes are also starting to realize that the effort required for hallway wars is not equal to the reward. Junior class advisor Ms. Pottruck says, “Hallway wars is a great bonding experience, but the time, effort, and money for it is difficult to say that it’s worth it.” In turn, they’ve come up with a new idea that will be more practical. They would like to design floats that would be showcased and voted on at the Homecoming game. This allows for more people to see their creations, rather than just a few judges.
Some students strongly disagree with this opinion though. Junior Johan Morales, says, “It’s our last and final year, why are we going to stop now when we can just do it one last time?” Other students such as Sophomore Brooke Patrick have different reasoning. Patrick feels that hallway wars brings a lot of memories and helps to build spirit in a class.
This year, the Juniors beat the Seniors again in a very close one point win. The ranking is as follows: Sophomores, Freshman, Seniors, Juniors. Freshman advisor Miss Bustamante says, “The kids were really excited and they worked very hard, so it was nice to see them so happy”. Overall, this year’s hallway wars was quite eventful and we will see next year if the classes continue to participate in this event.
