Amid all the testing, celebrating, and final goodbyes as the school year draws to a close, students and teachers took the opportunity to introduce what is hoped was the first annual Giant Pride Day—a chance for students to combine leadership, school pride, and a little elbow grease to make small but significant improvements to the school grounds, classrooms, and public areas.
Following the Honors Assembly on June 2, various student groups, each led by a teacher, spent a few hours on approximately different proposed projects.
The sophomore class officers polished trophies. A group of freshmen created an archeological site. Art students painted murals. The National Honor Society clarified the student parking policy and repainted identifying numbers on each parking space. The SGA painted inspirational quotes around the school hallways.
Various other groups—representing organizations or just individuals who want to help out—painted classrooms, collected old computers, scraped and painted the football stands, planted gardens, designed bulletin boards and created websites, among other projects. The projects were conceived and planned by students and teachers as they identified areas of need around the school.
Giant Pride Day was an opportunity for students to come together not only to make their school look better but also to create a stronger sense of community—a final hands-on lesson before the doors closed for the summer.
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