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Lightsaber in hand, theatre senior Ally Scirrotto cheers with the senior class during their entrance at the Pep Rally.
Communications sophomore Ariel Gordon cheers after successfully claiming a chair in musical chairs. Juniors won musical chairs.
Theatre senior Matthew Paszkiet holds his shirt up to reveal “I love chairs” painted on his chest. Paszkiet represented the seniors in the musical chairs contest, but seniors came in second behind the juniors.
Band senior Tyren Woods participates in the free throw competition. The seniors received third place, while sophomores took first place.
Vocal juniors Morgan Healey and Lauren Healey help English teacher Nieves Lopez out of a coffin. Ms. Lopez was dressed as Lady Gaga’s character Countess Elizabeth from “American Horror Story: Hotel” and won the teacher dress-up competition.
Social studies teacher Jeffrey Stohr, dressed as Darth Vader from “Star Wars,” marches through the gym for the seniors’ teacher dress-up. The seniors came in second place, with the juniors taking first.
Strings senior Maria Fernandez (L-R), theatre senior Dylan Jackson, strings senior Joshua Ewers, theatre senior Jana Jackson, and theatre senior Madalyn Mackarey of the a cappella band “Elision” represent the seniors in the karaoke competition. Their performance included the “Star Wars” theme and Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black.” They won first place for the seniors in the karaoke contest.
Dance freshmen Elizabeth Zuccaro (L-R), Kiara Rodriguez, and Gabriella Angel perform in the freshman dance, which came in third place.
Dance junior Reche Nelson dances with her classmates for the junior Pep Rally dance, which received second place behind the seniors.
Dance senior Melanie Breaux (L-R), band senior Amber Chu, and dance seniors Francesca Horvath and Sierra Cooper dance in the seniors’ final Pep Rally Dance. Seniors won first place.
Dreyfoos students decked in blue, green, red, and black and gold flooded into the gym for a highly anticipated Pep Rally on Jan. 29. Each grade had the chance to showcase their talents and compete against the other grades during numerous competitions. Some events in the Pep Rally, such as the dance, had been worked on for weeks or months prior to the Pep Rally.
“The choreographers [for the junior pep rally dance] worked really hard and I think they did a really good job,” dance junior Jaden Murphy said.
Each grade had a theme that was incorporated into the Pep Rally in multiple ways. The freshman theme was “Pixar,” the sophomore theme was “Money,” the junior theme was “American Horror Story,” and the senior theme was “Star Wars.” Classes used their respective themes in aspects of their song, dance, and teacher dress-up.
The Pep Rally started out with a musical chairs competition. The juniors won first place and continued to do well in the Pep Rally, especially during teacher dress-up. Seniors also excelled, treating the audience with their a cappella performance and dance.
“I was really impressed by the senior dance, but I was also really impressed by the freshman dance,” vocal senior Abbie O’Donnell said. “This Spirit Week was fantastic.”
Sophomores and freshmen did well, impressing students in the free throw competition and the dance competition, respectively. Sophomores placed third overall for Spirit Week and freshmen placed fourth. After a close competition the whole week, seniors came out on top to win Spirit Week.
“The Pep Rally was kind of overwhelming but it was really fun,” visual freshman Jill Rooney said. “It was better than any other Pep Rally I’ve ever been to. Overall, I really liked all of Spirit Week.”
Shortly after the seniors left the gym, Principal Susan Atherley was knocked down during the transition ceremony, during which the underclassmen move to the section on the bleachers they will be at next year. When the sophomores ran across the gym to their new section, Dr. Atherley fell during the onslaught. Dr. Atherley had no serious injuries, however, and spoke on the announcements during third hour to let all students and faculty know that she was okay.
“I hope Dr. Atherley is okay,” theatre sophomore Maddie Wood said. “I think the sophomores were really excited and really did not mean for Dr. Atherley to be hurt, but I think that even though this incident happened the Pep Rally was still amazing.”
Here are the scores from the pep rally:
Musical chairs
First: Juniors
Second: Seniors
Third: Sophomores
Fourth: Freshmen
Basketball free throw
First: Sophomores
Second: Juniors
Third: Seniors
Fourth: Freshmen
Teacher Dress-up
First: Juniors
Second: Seniors
Third: Sophomores
Fourth: Freshmen
Karaoke
First: Seniors
Second: Juniors
Third: Sophomores
Fourth: Freshmen
Dance
First: Seniors
Second: Juniors
Third: Freshmen
Fourth: Sophomores
Final score
First: Seniors (50 points)
Second: Juniors (41 points)
Third: Sophomores (37 points)
Fourth: Freshmen (28 points)
