On The Spot: School spirit is cool again

I think the school spirit is really powerful and there’s a lot of it for the whole school. There’s definitely a lot more [school spirit at the high school], and there’s pretty much none at the middle school. At the football games, everyone is putting on face paint, and doing all that with the white out days and pink out days. [It is important to show school spirit] because it lets the athletes kn...

[School spirit has improved by] that hashtag ‘Make school spirit cool again.’ I think that has gone a tremendous distance into getting our school spirit up. It is flourishing right now with so much spirit going around. Last year it was just like “Go Leopards,” but now it’s like “Woohoo let’s go freaking Leopards.” Everything is on a completely new level. [School spirit is] a big part o...

[The school spirit] has improved a lot over these past two years. At the football games, I’ve noticed that our high school has one of the best student sections compared to other schools in our district. There has been a big movement in the school to improve how we act at our athletic competitions.

Whenever we have pep rallies or games, everyone goes all out, especially with dressing up, and they get all their friends to come. Everyone has been cheering and wanting to show their pride and wanting to make sure that they know that everyone there knows how much they love them and our school. [School spirit is] genuinely showing how much you love the school. It doesn’t have to be dressing up or going...

Being a cheerleader, it hits home because we started ‘Make school spirit cool again.’ I definitely think we can always improve on our school spirit, especially when it comes to the people who think they are too cool for school. I think that Dirty Drumline is doing a great job and Matt Piccirillo is doing great, too, just trying to get everyone hyped. I do think that not everyone is complying with ...

I think now [the school spirit] is a lot better. It has definitely improved from when I was a freshman. I think at the games [school spirit] is really big, and I think that has a lot to do with not only the new superintendent, but also the new student leaders. I think it is better than it was in the past and that it will just get bigger and stronger. [School spirit] means being there for all of yo...