On a cold, rainy day, Student Council members decided to complete the challenge of getting one of their members over a 12-foot wall, even after their guide warned them that the last group to attempt the wall ended with the person failing to get over the wall and falling on top of the guide. StuCo successfully sent many members over the wall by communicating and pushing members up the wall while other members pulled from the top of the wall.
For the first time in several years, StuCo went to TimberRidge for their annual Retreat. The past few years the retreat has been at the district CAA building. The executive board, class officers, class representatives, committee chairs and class sponsors attended the field trip on Friday, Oct. 27. StuCo sponsors Brenda Fishman and Chanelle Dieckmann planned the retreat day. To start the day, StuCo members met in Ms. Fishman’s room to pack sack lunches before loading onto the bus around 8:40 a.m. At TimberRidge, the council split into groups based on committees- charity, parliamentary, social, special events and public relations. From there, three separate groups were set for the day. StuCo completed team building challenges with blocks of wood, ropes, wires, walls as high as 12 feet and a 5-foot high platform. StuCo headed back to SM East around 1:45 p.m.
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Senior Adam Minto walks on a wire by holding onto a rope to keep his balance. Minto successfully made it to the end of the wire with juniors Maggie Condon and Parker Paben spotting him. Minto is the chair of the charity committee within StuCo. Photo by Caroline Martucci
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Senior Class Secretary Emma Kuhlman leans forward as she loses her balance standing on a small rectangular block of wood. The challenge was to have StuCo members walk down a trail on a row of blocks by passing down a block from the back to the front of the line to advance. Photo by Caroline Martucci
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After being pushed up the wall, junior Class Representative Parker Paben reaches for sophomore Class Representative Mete Ozkan’s hand to get over a 12-foot wall. Paben made it over the wall. The 12-foot wall was the highest wall out of three options, and StuCo chose to complete all three. Photo by Caroline Martucci
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Falling backwards off of a 5-foot platform, sophomore Class Representative Fina Kessler braces herself to fall in the arms of her fellow StuCo members. Photo by Caroline Martucci
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Juniors Parker Paben and Maggie Condon laugh with sophomore Fina Kessler at a selfie they took while waiting for the rest of their team to finish a challenge. Photo by Caroline Martucci
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Sophomore Class Representative Owen Andrews smiles as he is caught after a trust fall. StuCo members spotted him in a “zipper” formation. Photo by Caroline Martucci
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Members of the charity and special events committees laugh after sophomore Mete Ozkan pretends to fall forward instead of backward for a trust fall. Photo by Caroline Martucci
