Febuary 12, 2010 Volume 16, Issue 10
This issue was edited by Abbey McWaters, Carl Berge, and Gabe Jennen
A Week of Love and Craziness
Students at HLA celebrate Valentine’s week in a special way. by Carley Fabian
“Do you know who my Secret Sister is?” “Give me a pick up line!” “Do you want to buy an ad?” These are a few of the statements a student at Hillcrest might hear when they walk through the halls during Valentine’s Week. For more than 25 years HLA has been celebrating Valentine’s Day with an activity called Secret Sister. Secret Sister is motivated by the senior girls. After chapel the Friday before Valentine’s week the girls pick what guy they will be a “Secret Sister” to. While the senior girls get the leisure of hand picking who they want, underclass girls get a surprise as they draw from a hat. The key is to keep it a secret from the guys until the end of the Valentine’s week. Some tell their friends who their Secret Brother is and hope that the secret won’t get
out, but others don’t tell anyone. During Secret Sister Week, the girls have the guys do many funny, cute, and even embarrassing things. For all their hard work the girls usually give their secret brother treats to eat throughout the week. When asked what they liked about Secret Sister, Heather Frustol said, “I like seeing all the love go around!” Mollie Jacobson said, “It’s fun to watch the guys get in touch with their feminine side!” While the girls get to have fun watching all the craziness, the guys have to go out of their comfort zone. Tzu-Hsuan Feng said,” This week is fun because you can talk to the girls you never talk to and be nice to all the girls in the school.”