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winter games Check out the schedule for the upcoming Winter Games

EVENTS HOLIDAYS February 27-29 February 29 Tuesday March 17 Carmel Winter Games Leap Day Mardi Gras

St. Patrick’s Day March 3 Freshman and Sophomore Career Planning Night (6:30 to 8:50 p.m. in the Dale E. Graham Auditorium) March 14 SAT Testing March 20 Start of Spring March 20 CMYC’s 3v3 Basketball Tournament (at CHS’s fieldhouse from 6 to 9 p.m.)

Thursday, Feb. 27 Skating with Indy Fuel and Nitro Time: 6 - 8 p.m Friday, Feb. 28 Saturday, Feb. 29 Hometown Hero Olympics: Competitive Games between Carmel Fire and Police Department Time: 6 - 8 p.m. Competitive Group Games: • Human Curling • Ice Trike Race • Human Hungry Hippo Time: Noon-5 p.m. Includes: Kids playground and live DJ

FOR THE KIDS: Student government members hold up signs with the total amount of money raised from Dance Marathon last year. Dance Marathon takes place on Feb. 29 this year.

Date: Feb. 29 4 to 10 p.m Time:

Where: Freshman Cafeteria Scan to visit the Carmel Dance Marathon website Color teams posted: Monday

Q&A

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Qudditch Club to start meetings, matches

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kerith perry, quidditch club leader and senior

In your own words, what is Quidditch? How does Quidditch in real life differ from the sport played in the Harry Potter books and films? (Quidditch) is a mixture between dodgeball, football, soccer, water polo and handball. It essentially mixes all the sports into one and is all about just having a good time

We don’t have flying brooms, sadly, and we don’t have magic spells.

Instead of a snitch, a small yellow ball, we have a snitch runner that dresses up in all yellow and has a tennis ball touchstone which a certain type of person, called a seeker, tries to grab. It’s kind of funny but also different.

accio firebolt Here’s an overview of how Quidditch is played in real life There are 5 “balls” in Quidditch: 3 hoops on each side for the Quaffle How do you play Quidditch? There are three people called chasers, and they have a deflated volleyball that they’re trying to get through three hoops to score. There’s a keeper, and their goal is to try to protect our goals; it’s pretty much like a soccer goalie. Also, there are these two people called beaters, and they have dodgeballs, and they try to throw it at people. If you get hit with a dodgeball, you have to drop either whatever the ball that you score with or you just have to go back to your own goal. Then, we have a snitch runner who runs around, and we have seekers who tried to tackle them down to get the tennis ball. How do you win the game? The game is about trying to get the most points. So, you can either get the most points by either scoring goals, scoring goals is 10 points. Catching the snitch ends the game automatically and your team gets 40 points. 3 Bludgers A dodgeball. Players hit by bludgers must return to their goalpost. Thrown or kicked by beaters. How do you join Quidditch club? Anyone can join. (Quidditch club) is honestly just a fun way to hang out. You don’t have to be athletic or have even read the Harry Potter books. You can just come out and have fun. Why did you start the club? I looked at the rules of Quidditch and thought that it would be fun to do and something people would enjoy. My SRT teacher (Suzanne) Brown said she would sponsor the club so I said, “Let’s just do it.”

1 Quaffle A volleyball. Scores 10 points by throwing/kicking through a hoop. Chasers try to score, while keepers defend the hoops.

The Golden Snitch A neutral player who runs around evading players. Scores 30 points and ends the game when captured. Seekers try to catch the snitch. EDWARD DONG GRAPHIC US QUIDDITCH SOURCE