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November 2, 2024 Control Panel
Entertainment

RALLY DAY RUNDOWN 2024

By Sophie Mirza, October 25th, 2024

“Rally Day’s a classic, it always goes hard.” said senior Paulina Unrue, “I love the little gold skirts and accessories. Love all the paint, all the face paint, the glitter, and everything. I love when people show out and actually participate and show school spirit.”

“Spirit days bring the school together,” said junior Kylie Chew, “I think it definitely gets intense, and that people should just treat each other as one big community, and that isn’t always the case.” She described an ideal Rally Day outfit as a gold sequin skirt or top, glitter, and bows. “It’s the day where people go all out, it’s really fun.” 

“I do enjoy the school spirit,” said senior Alyssa Raimi, “But it can get difficult when people wanna show their school spirit too much and there’s hazing, and that’s not a good thing.” Raimi’s advice for a great Rally Day outfit includes, “Red and gold, both of them are a must, maybe some face paint and body paint.”

“They’re definitely are some chants that aren’t good expressions of school spirit, like not kind. But for the most part, I think that a lot of people are very spirited in a nice and inclusive way,” said senior Nuala Caygill-Walsh. Her vision of a Rally Day outfit is an eccentric mix of “glitter, sparkles, anything shiny, and metallic.”

“I think it’s really fun,” said junior Naomi Cohen, reflecting on the spirit of Rally Day.  “I think you just have to let it happen and not fight it. And I don’t think it’s too extreme. Like if you want to get in the middle of it then you can, and if you don’t, you can stay in the shadows,” Cohen said.