The grass and football field were soaked wet after Palo Alto High School’s second Spirit Week rally, which took place during lunch Tuesday in the Earl Hansen Viking Stadium.
The games featured a water bucket challenge and a donut-eating competition. In the first activity, students competed with other grades to quickly pour water between buckets, while blindfolded. The second activity involved students eating a donut on a string as fast as possible without using their hands. Making a mark for their last year at Paly, the senior class dominated both in the stands and in the games.
According to sophomore vice president Leilani Chen, she was disappointed but understanding of the sophomore’s loss to the seniors in the water bucket game.
“I really hoped we would win that water bucket game,” Chen said. “But I get it, the seniors have more experience, so I’m really happy with second place for now.”
According to Associated Student Body President Julian Hong, he is impressed with how the seniors performed.
“It’s our last year, and we weren’t going to lose it,” Hong said. “It was really inspiring to see everyone come together and get the win in all the games today. I think our senior class really killed it.”
Junior Malcolm Ginwalla said his class had high spirits after winning the “best-dressed” competition earlier in the day.
“Confidence levels are at a hundred,” Ginwalla said. “I think we got it so far. As long as we can stay ahead of the seniors and put our best foot forward. The ‘best-dressed’ started off well, and we hope to take that momentum into the lunch games.”
According to sophomore president Annie Meng, she was amazed by how different Spirit Week is in high school compared to middle school.
“It’s my first year here [at Paly], so I’m not exactly sure what to expect,” Meng said. “People take it [Spirit Week] a lot more seriously,” Meng said, “And when I came here I was very surprised.”
The Spirit Week scoreboard at the end of this event was as follows
5,500 pts for seniors
4,900 pts for juniors
3,800 for sophomores
4,200 for freshmen
