The Student Government Association here at Charter put all hands on deck to provide Pines Charter with the most awaited week of the year. A combination of Spirit Week, Pep Rally, Homecoming Game, and Homecoming— all taking place in the span of six days.
What a lot of students don’t know is that these events took hours upon hours of planning, revising, and executing. Here we give you a behind-the-scenes of what takes place behind SGA’s closed doors when preparing these events for the PPCHS Jaguars.
A look into Spirit Week- SGA Recording Secretary: Brielle Gari
With only less than two months until the biggest week of the year for Pines Charter, Spirit Week was the opening act for the busiest week and I couldn’t have done it without my fellow committee heads, Junior Sofia Mejia and Senior Nico Toledo.
Together we all organized ourselves the minute our committee was set. After that, the whole class immediately got to what we do best: planning! The biggest matter was thinking of three different Spirit Week days with the main goal of having something new, different, and ultimately exciting.
As the committee gathered we picked over 20 fun potential ideas for an exciting week, at the end of the day we would only be approved three ideas for the three days we had.
DAY 1: DECADES DAY (BLAST FROM THE PAST)
The initial idea came from looking at schools in Broward County’s SGA Instagram pages: a throwback day. I believed in a fun twist, recreating an old baby photo. Which was something Pines Charter had never seen before.
Soon it was changed to Decades Day, going back into a fun era of fashion and style. This was soon everyone’s favorite day to dress up for. From the 50s with a fluffy pink skirt and jacket to the 2000s with oversized cargo pants and sports jerseys.
DAY 2: DRESS LIKE A MUSIC GENRE
Going to our own Instagram for ideas, we asked the students for what they wanted to see from this year’s spirit week. The idea of the music genre was a unique way to use your creativity.
Having the creative freedom of choosing your favorite genre, artist, or even the era of the music.
Giving students a wide range of imagination for this day. A big factor why this day was chosen was how so many different students love music and how they resonate with their favorite artists.
DAY 3: RHYME WITHOUT A REASON
A spin-off of the traditional duo/twin day, the idea was a different way to match along with a friend or group. This was a day filled with silly rhymes all around campus. From Cheeto and Burrito to Princess and Wild West, the idea was to have a revamp of the recurring Twin Day. This allowed students to unleash their creativity with exciting and funny outfits.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Having everything go through administration, Ms. Battle is our Number 1 person when it comes to approval. Creating, posting, and even messages must go through Ms. Battle. This creates fairness and makes sure Pines Charter’s message is represented well, especially from the leadership class.
As the committee members got their assignments on making flyers and banners and sending emails out, every single person made sure to get everything done as soon as possible. Criticism is an inevitable part of being a part of Spirit Week. Not everyone will like it, even some will go all the way to make complaints even making a “new and improved” spirit week.
It gets frustrating when you put in all the hard work to get things approved, flyers made, banners ready to go and people just hate on everything and anything. The biggest thing I’ve learned is you can’t please everyone and that people will end up doing the original themes.
Being the only week of the year everyone can dress down, it is understandable that you would want the “funniest” themes, but in reality, we as leaders are representing the study body and also must realize how we represent the school as a whole.
With everything in the world, things don’t always go as planned as we were unable to do a karaoke competition for music genre day as complications arose. Being in charge of two other major events as well, there were many moments when little details just fell through the cracks.
A SPECIAL THANKS
Fortunately, a successful week filled with enjoyment, smiles, and hard work came out of spirit week thanks to the help of our SGA class, our advisor, and administration. The main focus of the biggest week at Pines Charter was ultimately the best it could’ve been and I could not be more than proud of the team around me!
