Keely Carter

On the final day of Spirit Week, seniors dressed in Friends School colors – scarlet and grey – for the annual Pep Rally.

Matching fur coats and goofy sunglasses. Mario costumes and fake hairy chest shirts. Last week, leading up to the school’s annual Scarlet and Gray Day, Friends middle and upper schoolers had spirit weeks.

Spirit week is an essential tradition in which students (and some teachers) dress up to build excitement in advance of Homecoming weekend.  Throughout the week, each day has its own unique theme. This year in the Upper School, they were:

• Movie Monday: Students started the week dressed as their favorite movie characters. One even wore a full Mario costume. 
• Twin Tuesday: Next, students dressed identically, as twins, or even triplets or quadruplets. 
• Wacky Wednesday: On Wednesday, students were encouraged to dress in their wackiest outfits. There were lots of wild patterns and funny shirts.
• Class Color Thursday: Next, students were asked to show their class loyalty by dressing in their grades’ assigned colors. Freshmen wore orange, Sophomores green, Juniors blue, and Seniors pink. 
• Pep Rally Friday: On the final day of spirit week, everyone wore Friends School colors to help build school spirit for the following day’s Scarlet and Gray Day festivities, and numerous sports contests against Park School. 

Throughout the week, students showed their school spirit, boosting morale and being creative with their outfits to give others a laugh.