On September 29th, the Acadathon started with a bang — a game of limbo and a display of all four teams’ handmade flags in the Burris auditorium. The students on all teams worked hard the night before to make their flags pop! Students from each team met and worked on their flags in Burkhardt lounge. Each team portrayed their mascot — Green Team portrayed the Duolingo owl on their flag, students from Red Team referenced an image of Elmo to design theirs. The Blue Team chose to paint Patrick Starr on their flag, and the Purple Team used Grimace. As well as designing flags, each team voted on a unique name: Blue chose Blue? No, this is Patrick, Red chose The Elmos, Green chose Duolingo, and Purple chose Grimace’s Children.
Laylani of Green Team is hard at work. Photo by: Ang Stallings
Ruth Beery and Trey Jones of Red Team planning their flag’s design Photo by: Ang Stallings
This year’s theme was “Pirates”, which was reflected in each day’s events, including people playing sharks and minnows, human battleships, and even a nautical themed spelling bee. The events took place in a range of places, including Jeep and Burkhardt lounges as well as the Burris auditorium, gym, and lawn. The pirate theme was not limited to just the events, as many students adopted an “arrggh” attitude and brought their game face when it came to the events. By the end of the first day, after only four events, the rankings from the week of spirit days as well as the opening events had Blue? No, this is Patrick in the lead and the Elmos close behind. Grimace’s Children followed, and Duolingo was hanging on, in last place.
Various students working on their team’s chalk art. Photo by: Ang Stallings
The following Saturday was arguably the most momentous day, with a total of fourteen games spanning the entire day. The day started with chalk art in the director’s lot, where each team designed a parking space in a fashion similar to their flags’ logo designs. That day, the results stayed relatively the same, with Blue? No, This is Patrick leading while Duolingo rose in the ranks.
One might wonder, what was the incentive? Besides the obvious opportunity to display school spirit, the winning team’s residential members got to card up for a week and received a pizza party. To win, the team had to win the most points (or coins, following the pirate theme) to claim their reward. These coins were awarded through both winning games and through spectating and supporting the teams during an event.
The last day arrived, bringing six more events along with the highly anticipated closing ceremony. The standings were close, but Blue? No, this is Patrick won with a total of 111 coins. Wow, that is a lot! Final positions also included Duolingo in second, Elmo in third place, and Grimace’s Children in last. Along with these standings, additional students also won the “Most Spirited” award for continual support of their teams throughout the spirit days and team events. Although only one team took home the prize this year, each team put in a great effort, and we can’t wait to see how it goes next year!
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