After learning of an upcoming pep rally, freshmen were curious about what they could possibly expect after attending Fish Camp. At this pep rally, students learned a variety of traditions that had been skipped at the camp they attended before the first day of school.
“Pass The Buc is a pep rally that we created for freshmen to pass down the school tradition, they get to know our chants, our cadences, stuff like that, so they can do it down their four years and be familiar with it,” senior Tate Currier said. “With Fish Camp, we only have two hours, we need a little more time for the tour and to do all of the other things that come with Fish Camp, so we decided to take it out, that way we can make it a whole thirty minutes instead of just fifteen.”
To make the pep rally more exciting, freshmen were separated into two teams: blue and white. These teams competed against each other during the pep rally, earning points based on who won their challenges.
“I was on the white team and was competing in the fruit by the foot game, we had to try to eat it as fast as we could to win points,” freshman Julian Michel said. “It was really intense, and everyone was yelling and shouting, but it was a lot of fun and really exciting overall.”
As the drumline made an appearance to begin the process of teaching the freshmen traditional cadences, their excitement grew, nearly jumping out of their seats as they heard the music that signified the school’s spirit.
“I felt really excited, and it was a lot of fun,” freshman Justus Gibson said. “I really enjoyed learning about the ‘Where Ya From’ chant, and being able to yell at the top of my lungs, especially all of the different dances we did with the drumline and showing my school spirit.”
Overall, the new freshman class has been prepared to show their school spirit for their future high school years, and to continue passing on the traditions to future students.
“We changed it to be a tradition of passing down the event, since last year we did a pep rally and they didn’t know what to do,” Currier said. “So we made it its own entity instead of combining it, that way they understand our traditions more.”
