Anna Raboin
Features Editor
School spirit is vital to unifying a class and carrying on the traditions of the upcoming Spirit Week. Usually, the senior class beats out all other grades in participation of Spirit days and the Spirit Rally. But, this senior class seems to have an unusual lack of spirit…
The Class of 2011 doesn’t have the best reputation for class spirit. The class rarely, if ever, wins any competitions involving fundraising or school spirit.
Seniors are supposed to raise the most money, dress up the most during Spirit Week, and win the majority of the games during the Rally. Seniors have the most spirit. It’s the way things are at Westford Academy.
There is no doubt that some students feel an immense amount of spirit as the class of 2011. Many of them dress up every day during Spirit Week and always put money towards fundraisers for their class. But you can’t ignore the significant number of students that say they don’t care enough to show spirit.
Now that the students of the Class of 2011 are on top, what can we expect from them next week?
In response to being asked about the student’s spirit (or lack of it,) Class of 2011 Advisor Sean O’Leary said, “I think our spirit is just fine…but now that we’re seniors, people will see just how much spirit our class has.” He also says this year we’ll see a “Senior Sweep.”
Sarah Goode, Student Council President and Senior, says she thinks that the class of 2011 hasn’t shown spirit due to the fact that they had no motivation. After she added, “I think this year, ’cause we’re seniors, we’re gonna represent. Come back from behind.”
Despite the positive outlooks from the class leaders, a lot of students remain skeptical.
The student leaders of the class of 2011 are busy trying to recruit peers to participate in the Rally activities and distribute senior t-shirts. Will they get enough participation to compete in all the activities and show the classic, overwhelming spirit seniors always have?
We are just going to have to wait and see if the Class of 2011 delivers the senior spirit we all know and love.