Spirit Days

Spirit days have become more popular at UWCSEA because of dragons cup. Spirit day is a day where students get to enjoy themselves and be a kid again. Basically the school picks a theme and you dress up in something related to that theme.

Students of all ages relish spirit days. For example UWCSEA had a book theme spirit day for their middle school students. They got to dress up as a character from their favorite book. Almost the middle school students dressed up. Especially that now they have something to win. Which is the Dragon’s Cup. The Dragons Cup is like a tournament where students earn points through dressing up for spirit days and winning competitions hosted my teachers. The reason why it’s called Dragon’s Cup is because the school sports teams are called the dragons. Even the teachers wanted to get the Dragon’s Cup, so some of the teachers came up with good ideas because they wanted to get a lot of points. One class came up with that they all dress up as characters from Harry Potter.

Spirit day is a good thing for students because they get to have fun and be a kid again. It can help them release stress or pressure just by being able to be a kid. Students need spirit days and it would be a good idea for all schools to start having their own spirit days. Parents or adults should come up with the idea to have a spirit day type thing at their work. Parents would love to be a kid again and enjoy themselves.

Spirit Days at UWCSEA

On the 28th of October 2015, at UWCSEA east campus, all middle school students got the chance to dress up for twin day. Twin day was one of the three dress up days decided by the middle school community. The two other dress up days included Pyjama Day and Halloween Day. Spirit days at UWC represent the community and brings everyone together. Everybody asks each other about their costumes and there is a big buzz around the middle school. When the day finally came when middle school students could dress up, students and teachers would comment on unique costumes and talk about all the small things. On student said “I love seeing everyone dressing up, everybody put so much effort into everything!” Another said “”It’s so exciting to dress up! It makes school much more fun.” Students at UWCSEA love spirit days because it brings everyone together.

Spirit days don't just bring students together. Spirit days bring classes and whole grades together. One of the grades in middle school that really glued together were the Grade 8’s. There was lots of pressure on the Grade 8’s as of the dragon’s cup. Dragon’s cup is an new exciting and exhilarating competition between the Grade 8 Mentor groups. On the 28th of October, each mentor groups were going all out on costumes to win the most dragon points. Dragon points are awarded to the mentor groups that has the most people dress up and also with the most spirit, skill and determination throughout the day. Whichever mentor with the most points at the end of the year wins a trophy and a pizza party. By adding dragon cup points, most Grade 8 UWCSEA students wanted their class to win so everyone tried to some up with the best costumes. This shows grade school spirit but does this mean that students are just putting on a show for the points? Or for actual team spirit. Does this mean that spirit days are going to better with dragon points on the line. Will spirit days never be the same again?

Spirit days might never be the same again and neither might someone’s purity. Do parents have a say in spirit days? Do they have a say on whether or not you're going to do your homework? Most mothers would say something along the lines of “Why are you sending so much time on that costume! Why not do your homework! Don’t you want to get a good grade?” Others would say something like “Get your priorities right! You don’t need to know how to be a fashion designer, you just need to know how to do math so you can get a good job!” Spirit days are supposed to be fun but then why would someone be getting told off for spending lots of time on a costume? Just to get the dragon points. To solve this problem, someone would have to stop the dragon cup. But would that be the right decision?