Highlands Hunger Games 7: "This Ain't No Fairytale!"

This Highlands Hunger Games 7, “This Ain’t No Fairytale,” was the best Hunger Games yet! The students were reaped and posted up on the bulletin boards 2 weeks before the competition.  Students gathered around and fought to see who the “lucky” students that were chosen or “reaped” just like the actual Hunger Games. Students had the opportunity to switch with other willing students from their team in what was called Volunteer Day. When the Tributes List was finalized then the training could begin. Before you knew it, the big day approached quickly…. All of the students were very excited and nervous to see who would be this year’s Highlands Hunger Games Champions! There were Disney-themed walls placed around the battlefield for the Tributes to hide behind. In the center of the field was the Cornucopia that held the weapons and ammo. At the start of each round, students ran towards the Cornucopia in order to grab a weapon, while some stayed back and hid. You could see all the strategy and all the alliances made within just a few seconds - how exciting?!? Students were eliminated for a couple reasons: stepping out of the playing field, getting hit with a bolt or grenade, or getting their flag pulled. Adding to the excitement, parachutes were released into the field of play every few minutes and Tributes could grab them to earn even more spirit points for their team. The last round was the teacher round, the one we were all waiting for! The teachers played for their team and it was the most entertaining round yet! From all accounts, Highlands Hunger Games 7: "This Ain't No Fairytale" was the best Hunger Games yet!  Rayna, Assembly Committee

Hunger Games 7 Training Centers

“For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.” Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games. 

From the 25th - 26th of November, we had our annual Highlands Hunger Games training center on the 25h for the 7th Graders and the 26th for the 8th Graders. These days have been the best of fun, crazy , and hilarious adventures leading to shooting bolts , throwing grenades , and having the best of fun learning new experiences. On these two days Student Council taught all the Tributes the layout of the Hunger Games and what to do when the time comes for battle. As time went on for both days the students learned respect and made alliances to be applied for on the day cometh.  It also brought good memories and lots of “aha” moments of how to load the bolts into the Nerf crossbows and which end to shoot out of lol! Other comical moments came when Tributes had to figure out how to put the velcro vests and flag belts on the right way ;) Now that was a show to watch! To sum up, the Highlands Hunger Games 7 Training Center days were fun learning experience for all and made everyone happy from beginning to end - it was a memory they will never, ever forget!  Brayden, Assembly Committee

Highlands Hunger Games 6: "The Battle for Olympus!"

Highlands Hunger Games 6: “The Battle for Olympus!” made it’s return to Highlands Intermediate 18-19 school year! To begin, a Reaping was conducting live over the bulletin -- where 5 girl and 5 boy tributes were chosen to represent each team in this year’s Hunger Games. Just like the movie, Volunteers were given the opportunity to take the place of Tributes just like Katniss did for her baby sister, Prim.  The days leading up to the Games filled all the students with both anxiety and excitement -- you could feel it all across campus! When the day finally came for HHG6, all students eagerly entered the Gym and they were amazed with the setup and layout of “The Battle for Olympus!”. Ten ancient greek walls were there to help Tributes to dodge bolts or hide from their opponents. In the middle was the cornucopia which is where all the weapons were held: crossbows, grenades, and the fearsome Stratobow! There were 6 Hunger Games Rounds to play…. as soon the buzzer went off, each Tribute would run to the middle for weapons or lay back and wait it out -- a tough decision! As the rounds went and Tributes got eliminated parachutes would be launched from the Sponsors into the playing field providing food and water (also known as 25 spirit points!). You could hear everyone with 100% excitement, cheering for their team, especially if their team Tributes were still alive! To top it all off, we ended HHG6 with the teacher round where 2 teachers challenged the other teams for spirit points and more importantly, glory! Judging from the pictures, this has to have been the craziest, wildest Highlands Hunger Games of them all!   Brittany Ann Nozaki, Assembly Committee