On Friday, January 29, the winter sports assembly at Lewis-Palmer High School was filled with a series of entertainment and activities for the staff and students. Adrenaline levels rose as Coach Tupper kicked off the assembly with a scream sequence to encourage the student body to show school spirit. Lewis-Palmer High School’s clubs were introduced and the members talked about what they do in their clubs.

“I think it ran really well,” Shelby Heins, 12 said. “These past two years have been a lot better with student involvement in the assemblies and everything.”

Rowdy Rangers picked representatives from each grade to participate in fun challenges. One of the challenges resulted in two winners: Shelby Heins, 12, and Joel Scott, 9. The overall winner was Shelby Heins. The seniors generally have a leg up on many of the challenges; however, the freshman class battled for a win.

“I don’t know why the seniors didn’t get an easy win, but I was upset about it because it was hard. I think it was mostly the Rowdy Rangers that were running the game because we (student council) weren’t,” Heins said.

Student council brought in the idea of spirit week raffle punch cards this year and awarded the raffle winners during the assembly. Students got a punch card and had it punched every day during the week if they dressed up. If a student got every day marked , they were put into a drawing which involved prizes such as t-shirts, gift certificates, and the overall winner getting a free ticket to Snowball.

“We didn’t really change anything, it was like the same as past years. We changed the prizes for dressing up for the spirit week, we added that in. But basically it stays the same each year, just the games change,” Heins said.

As always, the poms dance team and cheer team worked on performances to show the school what they bring to the table.

“They did really good. I loved how diverse poms has become. Their costumes were really cute. It was a cute routine. And cheer was really good,” Wada said.

Student council changes little in the assemblies because of how much more involved the students have become. Some things have gone away, but students council always brings in something else to fill in that gap. One thing that never changes is clapping the seniors out.
To wrap up the assembly, the student body president, Ryan Hunt, 12, went up to each class and told them how much time they have left in high school until their graduation. The freshman being told how many seconds they have left, the sophomores being told how many minutes they have left, the juniors being told how many hours they have left, and the seniors being told how many days they have left. Hunt told the freshman that they don’t know that they know and the seniors they know that they know, switching it up for the sophomores and juniors. The winter assembly ended with Hunt having the rest of the school clap out the senior class.