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SGA President Corey Criss hypes up the senior section at the pep rally. Photo courtesy of Ryan Walker.
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Senior Debra Eller in green on “Class-Colors” Friday. Photo by Karina Lee
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Senior Rozhina Amini and Kerry Kruger pose in spirit after the first pep rally. Photo by Karina Lee.
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Juniors Sarah Potts and Camille Lukash wearing all red, white, and blue. Photo by Karina Lee.
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Seniors Corey Criss and Sarah Epstein dressed up for “Woodstock Wednesday.” Photo by Karina Lee.
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Seniors Katie Caggiano and Drew Weintraub pose in sixties hippie clothes. Photo by Karina Lee.
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Senior Matthew Leal on “Terps Tuesday.” Photo by Karina Lee.
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Seniors Karina Lee and Andrew Skilton pose with the leadership class on “Terps Tuesday.”
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Junior Camille Lukash going all out in Maryland colors for “Terps Tuesday.”.
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Shelly the madcow hyping up the crowd at pep rally. Photo courtesy of Ryan Walker.
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Students at WJ celebrated the first Spirit Week of the 2018-2019 school year this past week. Although shortened by a preceding three-day weekend, the remaining four days were still a lot of fun for students. The week came to a close on Friday Sept. 13 with a school-wide pep rally to build excitement around our fall sports teams.
This year’s spirits were much simpler than last year’s, demonstrating an intentional attempt by the SGA and Leadership class to increase participation.
“We chose simpler spirits because we noticed that last year’s complex ideas did not work very well with the students,” SGA President Corey Criss said. “I think that spirit week was very successful. Although the first two days were slower for underclassmen than the other two days, there were still a lot of people participating.”
Tuesday, the first day of Spirit Week, was Terps Day where students decked themselves out in red, yellow and white, resembling the Maryland flag. Tie dye colors and oversized afros made a return to WJ for Woodstock Wednesday. Thursday was USA Day where students sported their most patriotic and colorful outfits, and the halls were filled with stars and stripes. Friday continued a school tradition of dressing in assigned class colors. The seniors wore green, juniors black, sophomores white, and freshmen red.
![Surrounded by empty desks, AP Literature teacher Melanie MacFadden prepares to read the names of graduating students at Thursday's ceremony. "Generally from year to year what I usually do [after the seniors leave] is go back through and take a look at the curriculum for AP Literature and see if I want to make any changes, so I've been working on that as well," MacFadden said.](https://www.wjpitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_8527-1200x900.jpg)
