Hello Readers,
This week has been dominated by Doernbecher. With the morning cafe, dodgeball, art competitions, assemblies, and dress-up days, Doernbecher Week is one of the most exciting weeks of the year. Each day, we have different dress up days. This year, the theme was BuzzFeed and every day was dedicated to a different quiz. Day 1 was “Who is your favorite character?,” Day 2 was “Who is your twin?,” Day 3 was “What kind of celebrity are you?,” Day 4 was “What salad dressing are you?,” and Day 5 is “What is your Hogwarts house?.” For character day, I dressed up as Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad. For twin day, I wore my old basketball sweatshirt with two of my friends. For Day 3, I dressed up as Tom Brady. For Day 4, I dressed up as Thousand Island dressing in a Hawaiian dress and shirt. For Day 5, I dressed up in Gryffindor attire because I am a senior and our color is red even though I am actually a Ravenclaw (as proved through multiple online quizzes).
Today, the seniors played the teachers in dodgeball. This is my favorite part of Doernbecher because instead of competing, the students come together and unite as a force against the faculty. The seniors won this year by a landslide. I mainly attribute that to the fact that Mr. Bedney, the MVP of the teachers, was on a teacher trip to the Apple Headquarters in California. Still, I am glad the seniors won.
Even though Doernbecher is a stressful and, often times, competitive week, it is also a great time to come together and support some awesome charities. It is amazing what our community can do when we put our minds to it. I am so happy to be a part of such a supportive and social-justice minded atmosphere. Tonight, we will find out which class won in points for the week at the Doernbecher Dance, but it doesn’t matter. We are all winners for raising the money and fighting to make a difference for the charities we are supporting.
See you soon!
Emma Rosenthal
