COVER STORY
Class of 2022 Powderpuff Team
SHOWING SOME SPIRIT // A SNAPSHOT OF THE MOST SPIRITED WEEK IN THE YEAR
Every year, about six weeks into the school year, the CCHS hallways become filled with all sorts of characters. Professional athletes, Disney characters, and cardboard-clad figures are a small handful of the get-ups our students don in the throes of Fall Spirit Week. This week is a special one—for new students, this is one of the first moments they get immersed in the unique Covenant community, and for seasoned students and teachers, the week is a chance to support school traditions.
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We take on a lot of persional initiative... it shows investment.
The Fall Spirit Week has three main components: dress-up days, hallway decorating, and powderpuff football. All three things create a week where all students can participate and contribute to the festive, creative environment bouncing around the halls. Prior to Spirit Week, student council chooses and announces themes for dress-up days and class-divided hallway themes. This allows for students to prepare outfits and for entire grades to put their heads together and plan elaborate hallway decorations for Friday.
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Rachel Shaughnessy (‘22) sees the dress-up days and hallways decorating as unique cultural points at Covenant, making the entire week inclusive and fun. “Students who have the most fun and end up creating the coolest costumes don’t care about how other students think about them, so everyone ends up having more fun.” While she enjoys dressing up—days this year included cardboard/DIY outfits and tropical/tourism costumes—she has also been integral in her class hallway decorating planning and execution, which she appreciates for the special ways it allows students to operate and express themselves. “It’s a lot of fun, and I think it’s unique from a lot of other activities that we do here. We take on a lot of personal initiative, so however much each student and class takes on, it shows investment. We don’t
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