Spirit Competition 20-21 Kick Off! "Level Up!" Teacher Challenge

We’re gonna throw it back to the beginning of the school year and the kick-off event for the Highlands Spirit Competition 20-21! Our theme this year is "Level Up!", a video game theme that seemed so appropriate with the distance learning/virtual school reality we are all stuck with... Since the teachers were already on campus, we decided to kick-off our annual competition with them! Over the course of 1 week, 2 teachers from each team took over the Student Council Room and battled it out via our resident Nintendo Switch! Mr. White hand-selected 8 classics from the original NES (Nintendo Entertainment System): Super Marios Bros, Donkey Kong, Excitebike, Super Punchout!, Ghosts n Goblins, Donkey Kong Jr., Dr. Mario and the one that started it all… the original Mario Bros.! The teams of teachers played the Nintendo Classics and tried their very best to get the highest scores possible within the given timeframe for each of the games. The competition was furious and frenetic as the teachers tried to tap into their child for video game skill and strategy! After 7 rounds of play, it was Team C - Koa Kau Lio (Ms. Smitha and Mr. Zhang) that prevailed and took 1st Place!!! Check out the link in the bio above to see all the action... Let's look forward to many more opportunities to "Level Up!" in the 2nd semester - bring it!!!

Spirit Point Tally 20-21 New Year Update!

Happy New Year, Colts! We want to thank you for participating in our Christmas Spirit Week 2020 - 5 days of holiday dress ups, 5 days of festive activities! If you participated, you earned your team a ton of precious spirit points! Because of all the Christmas activities, there is a new Spirit Point leader.... Team 4 - Alaka'i (Pokémon) has moved into 1st Place!!! As a result, several teams made moves up and down as well. Let's look forward to more awesome opportunities to earn spirit points in the near future - an announcement will be coming soon for more spirit point opportunities ;) Way to show your school spirit, Colts!