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VC pipe, marbles, balloons, and cardboard cutouts filled the gym on Aug. 14 in preparation for the Freshmen Orientation. The freshman class would soon participate in a series of team-building activities to help them make friends before the first day of school.

Over 200 freshmen filled the gym, nervously anticipating what was to come. Quickly, they were placed into various groups and then the competitions began. Teams competed to earn extra supplies for the final “boat building” competition, where teams would build cardboard boats and test them out on the pool.

Students competed in various competitive tasks before the boat building event. One of these included building a balloon tower where students blew up balloons and used duct tape to stack them.

“This was a very fun activity, as it allowed us to competively work together and communicate with each other because no one wanted to lose,” freshman Gonzalo Senior said. Finally, the boat building came, forcing students to work under a time crunch to build boats that could transport an individual across the pool. Just as the boats were getting ready to leave the gym and go on the water, thunder and lightning erupted, and plans had to change. Instead of a water race across the pool, freshmen placed their boats on skateboards and raced them across the gym.

Freshmen went to orientation to ease their way into their very first day of high school.

After a long day of fun activities some freshmen went home while others stayed for the second part of their orientatinon, the sleepover. The sleepover allowed the students to spend more time with their friends and catch up on their summer travels.

“I had not seen my friends in so long that I was catching up with them until three in the morning,” freshman Fernanda Cerqueira said.

Article by Julia Fogel