24 09•02•09spirit day

the rocksoundtrack: “Dance, Dance” Fall Out Boy

A new year’s spirit

Here: Assistant Principal Greg Doan yells at the students after Russell Hunchar ‘11, hopped atop the crowd of enthu-siastic, dirty dancing Canyonites, only to be stopped within minutes by an outraged Doan, who lectured Hunchar and fellow classmates on the dangers of crowd sur� ng at school functions. All photos by Drew Dodds

Left: Rachel Behnke ‘13, and Darrian Felsen ‘13, splatter paint a large piece of black butcher paper that was used to decorate the commons for the back to school dance.

Below: Whitney Prior ‘10, Lily Sumners ‘10, and Lindsey McCormick ‘10, lead varsity cheer in their routine during the assembly.

When asked to recollect “Back to School Spirit Friday,” students provided descriptions including, togas, jaguars, “1-OH you know”, white out, and undoubt-edly “� e Stanky Legg.”

As students gleefully sauntered through the doors of Rock Canyon adorned in glorious togas, there was an impending sense of the Jaguar roar soon to be erupting from the gymnasium later that day. It was the � rst spirit day of the year, and everyone had their own unique ways of reppin’ their Jag pride.

All the classes expressed their spirit in a di� erent way. Seniors expressed their seniority through displays of black and gold (and obviously togas), Sophomores organized a “White-out” that would make a blizzard jealous, and Juniors and Freshmen amounted to absolutely noth-ing. Pe� y fools.

“� e School Spirit was like diarrhea, explosive and it just kept on coming” said Patrick Cline ‘10.

As the events of the day progressed through expositions of teen spirit in coherence with Caesar’s downfall, infec-tious cheering, and the excitement for

the upcoming dance, students couldn’t seem to fathom how much fun had been elapsed in one day.

“It was great to unite with all of my friends and class and dance my heart out to a great DJ and fun day overall!” said Sidney Fleecs ‘13.

Finally the day lead to night and the dance had arrived. A� er straining through ID checks comparable to airport security, students were ready to shake a leg (a stanky one that is). We walked it out, cranked that Soulja Boy, and did a thriller dance cover that even MJ (may his soul rest in peace) would be proud of; but most importantly we had a good time welcoming a new era of Rock Canyon High School spirit.

Smells like teen spiritFriday, August 21 was the � rst assembly and spirit day.

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Above: Everybody is “Back in Black and Gold” at the dance.Left photos from top: Scott Gri� ee ‘10, spins a bandana during the assembly to show his senior spirit. The back to school DJ scratches an original beat. Rapid’s mascot visits the jungle of the Jaguar during the assembly.Here: Katlyn Humbarger ‘13, throws a streamer to decorate the Commons for the dance.