A Spirited Start to the Long Weekend

5/22/2024

Tihmily Li, Communications Officer

In the days leading up to Spirit Day, the weather forecast looked grim, calling for heavy rainfall on May 17. Luckily, the forecast changed and the rain waited for our Spirit Day activities to finish. Spirit Day is a much-beloved Greenwood tradition, when all the Houses compete to win House points and bond with the Greenwood community.

The festivities began at Greenwood where the students gathered in their House groups to practise their cheers one final time. Students could also decorate with face paint to show off their House allegiance. From there, students and staff loaded onto buses that delivered them directly to Serena Gundy Park.

The first competition is the cheer-off. After that, the four Houses split to compete at one of two big group games: head-to-head ball relay race and the hula hoop snake race. All Houses then moved on to compete in the tug-of-war competition before having lunch. After lunch, the Grade 12s hosted a fun fair filled with many activities like a three-legged race, mind puzzles, and an egg toss. Younger students and staff participated in the games and had their fun fair passport stamped for each station that they visited. To end off Spirit Day, the Houses competed in a tire derby.

Cheer-Off Results

First Place: Timberwolves

Second Place: Lynx

Third Place: Hawks

Fourth Place: Hemlock

Head-to-Head Ball Relay Race

Tied for First Place: Bison and Timberwolves

Third Place: Lynx

Fourth Place: Hawks

Fifth Place: Trillium

Sixth Place: Hemlock

Seventh Place: Onyx

Eighth Place: Redwood

Hula Hoop Snake Race

Tied for First Place: Redwood, Trillium, Timberwolves

Fourth Place: Hawks

Tied for Fifth Place: Bison, Hemlock, Onyx

Eighth Place: Lynx

Tug-of-War

The tug-of-war competition consists of three rounds in a process of elimination.

The first round results:

Lynx triumphed over Hemlock
Onyx triumphed over Redwood
Trillium triumphed over Timberwolves
Bison triumphed over Hawks

The second round results:

Onyx triumphed over Lynx
Bison triumphed over Trillium

In the third and final round, House Bison won the tug-of-war in a fierce battle against House Onyx. This marks the third year in a row that House Bison has won the tug-of-war.

Tire Derby

First Place: Hawks

Second Place: Timberwolves

Third Place: Lynx

Fourth Place: Hemlock

Back

Houses Trillium, Lynx and Bison competing during the Tire Derby.
Ace Kalles '25 (left) and Quinn Batori '24 (right) show off their House Trillium spirit.
Caleb Hibbert '24 (left) and Rhys Lehberg '24 (right) gesture happily at the camera while in House Hemlock colours.
The Hawks cheer as they compete in the Hula Hoop Snake Race.
The Head-to-Head Ball Relay Race is another tried and true tradition at Greenwood.
House Bison poses after a victorious tug-of-war competition.

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