Do you like Spirit Day? Spirit Day is when we celebrate and support our town’s sports teams as well as the DS Regional Middle & High School teams. This year Spirit Day was requested by the regional football team’s coach, according to our Assistant Principal, Dr. Reinemann. We’ve had Spirit Days in past years to support our professional teams such as, New England Patriots, Boston Celtics, Boston Bruins, Boston Red Socks, New England Revolution, and the Boston Cannons.
To show our support, students and staff wore DS colors – blue, black and white. Here are what students and teachers think of Spirit Day. Some said that they like it because of the clothes they get to wear; town team jerseys, professional team jerseys, regional school team jerseys, and gym shorts or sweat pants. Others said that they like it because all the kids get to wear the same clothes. We wondered what the teachers would think.
The teachers like it because they think it is a fun time for kids to express their spirit for their town! One teacher said that she likes it, but thinks it needs to be “more exciting.” She also says that she likes the idea of spirit day because she likes having the whole school dress up and build a sense of community. Her favorite part is that everybody in the school can participate and be proud of Dover and Chickering.
After a teacher shared that Spirit Day should be “more exciting”, we started thinking of ways to make it more exciting. We thought that we could add to the school lunch football-shaped cookies; it might help to get everyone excited about the games. We could also have one of the DS regional teams come to our school and teach us some of their tricks or skills. We like Spirit Day because it is a fun way for kids to wear team colors and support our town, and we think every school should get a chance to try celebrating a Spirit Day.
Reported by: Nora, Tom, Lucas, and Patrick
Hooray! What a great story on Spirit Day! Congratulations on your first blog.
I thought the story was well-written, carefully edited, and interesting. Your tone is serious and consistent, but also engaging. I particularly like the suggestions for improving Spirit Day, and the introductory paragraph.
If I had one suggestion, it would be like to add more quotes. You’ve interviewed so many people anyhow; let them help you tell the story.
“There’s something very compelling about a quote,” said The Person We Interviewed. “It’s good first-hand information and it breaks up the paragraphs making them easier to read.”
Not to mention that everyone loves to see their name in print!
Well, Chickering Reporters, great work! This reader eagerly awaits your next blog entry. Thanks for your hard work and team work. I learned a lot about Spirit Day!
Great story! I especially liked how the video tied into the story showing strong school spirit and fun!
Keep up the good work! Go DS!
Great report. It was precise, interesting and well written. I especially liked the video which visualized the day.
Good work!
Well done, Nora, Tom, Lucas and Patrick!
I really liked all the pictures of the students. Maybe next time you can include photos of the younger students as well.
How can we get more students to participate next time?
Great report guys, keep up the great work. I especially liked the pictures
but I do not think it was long enough. Make sure to keep up your good reporting.