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You go to school, you learn, you eat lunch, then you go home and do homework. On repeat every day. Winston Churchill once said, “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” At New Albany High School, this is our every day, and for most people, they are at school as much as they are at their house. We want to bring our student spirit up because students should want to go to their “second house”, however they feel like they don’t belong. We had more than 400 students answer our survey and 52.5 percent of students don’t participate in school spirit because they just don’t want to. We asked ourselves how can New Albany motivate them to participate and help them genuinely want to be at school? So we asked, and students answered. They said they want variety, more activities, prizes, and making school not just about learning but also fun. We used to have a program called House, which connected students with other students, teachers, and with their community altogether. Our new and improved house creates a collaborative and comforting space for students to be provided with what they need, and time during this period can be spent in receiving academic guidance, school spirit, and giving prizes to the house that participates the most in school spirit, community service, togetherness, and making sure everyone feels like they belong in their second house.