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THE HIGHLANDER • October 31, 2023
October 31 . 2023 - Vol. 1. Issue 7
WORLD NEWS
CAMPUS LIFE
House upset makes history Pg.7
MENTAL HEALTH
Christian rodeo event Pg.2
Power of Positive thinking Pg.3
JUNIOR FALL FESTIVAL IS A SUCESS! Maggie Carlson
Exactly one week after fall started this year, on September 30, the juniors hosted Fall Festival in the Raphan Ley auditorium at Highland Academy as a fundraiser. This event started at 7 p.m. and ended around 10 p.m. Fall Festival is an event that anyone can come to and participate in the activities set up. The juniors and the class sponsors got together to plan every little detail, run every activity and set up which took over two nights of work. There were a ton of activities and so many options for every age. This event brings everyone together from the community, parents, and friends from other places. When people first arrived, a hayride pulled by a tractor was waiting right outside. Abbie Wood, a freshman at Madison Academy, said,
“When I was on the hayride, I loved being able to look at the sparkling stars.” Next to the hayride, a car sat, waiting for participants to pummel it using three swings of a sledgehammer. Near the end of the night, Jackson Roddy, senior, managed to smash the entire hood of the car off, and he took it home with him as his winnings. Inside the gym, there were multiple activities. Children flew through the gym on a zipline reaching from one end of the gym to the other. One could hear the revelry coming
Photos by: Ana Anderson
from within a bouncy house as children jumped until they were red in the face. People played tic-tac-toe with pumpkins, competed in pumpkin bowling, and threw darts at a dart board. Lots of pictures were taken in funny poses at the picture booth. The activity that seemed to attract the most attention was a jail. People paid to put someone in there for five or ten minutes depending on how many tickets they would give them. Alexandria Reid, senior, said, “Some people tried to put me in jail, and they did not even pay a ticket. I ran so fast.”
Between either side of the gym was a row of bleachers separating a silent auction, a game of cornhole that people played the whole time, and tables where people could sit and enjoy food and fellowship. Juan Hernandez, a graduate of Highland Academy last year, said, “Fall Fest was nerve-wracking but really fun to talk to old friends and see how school was going now.” Preston Rufo, a junior, was taking tickets for a makeshift movie theater on the farside of the gym, playing “Charlie Brown.” There was a pumpkin painting station that Shiloh Bushey and Emma Ruckle
ran. Anyone could paint a pumpkin and then take it home. The face paint was right next to the pumpkin painting station and was run by Casi Demaree and Zariah Hamilton. There were many kids running to and fro with face paint. The right side of the gym housed all the food. One could find many fall options such as chili and cornbread, street corn, veggie burgers, a bake sale, and a booth set up for the Pathfinder club serving funnel cake bites, fruit yogurt cups and caramel apples. There was also a cotton candy machine next to the pizza station that served pizza, pink lemonade, and water. A fantastic BB gun shooting range was set up out the side door, where they would show people how to shoot, and then they could walk away with their score sheet in hand.“I love the lights, pumpkin painting, and everything,” said Sarang Kim, junior. Continued on page 4