The Student Government Association (SGA) hosted a two-hour school-wide wellness block in the morning, with classes being 30 minutes long, on Friday, Sept. 19. It featured the main activity, a tie-dye event, on the portable field. But the event didn’t just have tie-dyeing; it also included food trucks throughout the parking lot and field day-style games on the football field.

The tie dye event was planned weeks ahead to lock in details and prepare for the activity-packed blocks. “The tie dye planning committee planned the event three to four weeks ahead,” junior and SGA member Alex Rabin said.

After second period, the school transitioned into the wellness part of the school day. To ensure the event ran smoothly, there were two tie-dye blocks: freshmen and sophomores made up block one and juniors and seniors formed block two. Each block was an hour long. As students walked onto the portable field, they either went to the table on the left (for small, extra-small and medium sizes) or the table on the right (for large and extra-large sizes) to pick up their pre-ordered class shirts.

Each grade level has a different class color. Freshmen had white, sophomores wore red, juniors were blue and seniors had a combination of red, white and blue. “Freshmen had white because the idea is to represent a new slate,” sophomore class president Diba Hamidzadeh said.

After students picked up their shirts at the size table, they were able to tie dye with their given class colors at their designated grade level table. According to Hamidzadeh, the class officers were helpful support for the SGA, and for each grade, they tied the shirts and supported the tie dye tables by helping with the colors.

In addition to tie dyeing, other outside options were available. The PTSA provided a crepe food truck and a smoothie/acai food truck that were parked right outside the school in the lower lot. On the football field, capture the flag and other games were played to give grade levels a chance to earn points for the Patriot Cup, based on the number of wins. “I was in the first block. I tie dyed my shirt with my friends with the class color, red. After, I got food with my friends and then we played spikeball on the field,” sophomore Julia Sullivan said.

At 9:55 a.m., the school transitioned into the second block, where juniors and seniors participated in tie dyeing and outdoor activities, while freshmen and sophomores headed inside for the indoor options.

For each block, five indoor activities were provided for the indoor grade levels. Students could pick and switch between watching a movie in room 183, a study hall in the auditorium, card making for SSL hours in the Media Center, crafts/cards/board games in the cafeteria and indoor sports in the main gym.

Following the two-hour wellness blocks, juniors and seniors came back inside and all of the indoor activities ended. The school day continued as normal with the change to 30-minute classes.

The Student Government Association (SGA) hosted a two-hour school-wide wellness block in the morning, with classes being 30 minutes long, on Friday, Sept. 19. It featured the main activity, a tie-dye event, on the portable field. But the event didn’t just have tie-dyeing; it also included food trucks throughout the parking lot and field day-style games on the football field.

The tie dye event was planned weeks ahead to lock in details and prepare for the activity-packed blocks. “The tie dye planning committee planned the event three to four weeks ahead,” junior and SGA member Alex Rabin said.

After second period, the school transitioned into the wellness part of the school day. To ensure the event ran smoothly, there were two tie-dye blocks: freshmen and sophomores made up block one and juniors and seniors formed block two. Each block was an hour long. As students walked onto the portable field, they either went to the table on the left (for small, extra-small and medium sizes) or the table on the right (for large and extra-large sizes) to pick up their pre-ordered class shirts.

Each grade level has a different class color. Freshmen had white, sophomores wore red, juniors were blue and seniors had a combination of red, white and blue. “Freshmen had white because the idea is to represent a new slate,” sophomore class president Diba Hamidzadeh said.

After students picked up their shirts at the size table, they were able to tie dye with their given class colors at their designated grade level table. According to Hamidzadeh, the class officers were helpful support for the SGA, and for each grade, they tied the shirts and supported the tie dye tables by helping with the colors.

In addition to tie dyeing, other outside options were available. The PTSA provided a crepe food truck and a smoothie/acai food truck that were parked right outside the school in the lower lot. On the football field, capture the flag and other games were played to give grade levels a chance to earn points for the Patriot Cup, based on the number of wins. “I was in the first block. I tie dyed my shirt with my friends with the class color, red. After, I got food with my friends and then we played spikeball on the field,” sophomore Julia Sullivan said.

At 9:55 a.m., the school transitioned into the second block, where juniors and seniors participated in tie dyeing and outdoor activities, while freshmen and sophomores headed inside for the indoor options.

For each block, five indoor activities were provided for the indoor grade levels. Students could pick and switch between watching a movie in room 183, a study hall in the auditorium, card making for SSL hours in the Media Center, crafts/cards/board games in the cafeteria and indoor sports in the main gym.

Following the two-hour wellness blocks, juniors and seniors came back inside and all of the indoor activities ended. The school day continued as normal with the change to 30-minute classes.