Student Life 11

December 22, 2022 The Bear

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From, Dec. 2-3, WB cele-
brated Christmas Past. There was a lot
that went into being able to make this
happen. Many people within the school
volunteered to help set up as well as as-
sist with whatever activities and tasks
needed to be done. NHS and student
government members were especially
involved.
Junior Ashlynne Nash, who
volunteered to be Santa's helper, said, “I
did enjoy it! I saw many happy families
on their way out from seeing Santa. It's
nice to be a part of bringing the com-
munity together for the holidays.”
In addition to having HS vol-
unteers, the MS choir participated in
Christmas caroling on Dec. 2, and the
HS choir was on Dec 3.
The different songs sung were
embers volunteer at Christmas Past
Bell
Rock,” “Holly Jolly Christmas,” and “I
Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.”
Many different people enjoyed sitting
by the fire while listening to the choir.
People didn't just volunteer,
they participated in the several activities
available, including horse drawn car- Brooklyn Nash, Jeremy
riages, hot chocolate and smores, the Budreau, and Luca Hahn
annual Gibson trains at the fire station, pose with Santa Claus
tree viewing at the Rummells Center, after their work shift.
the Boy Scouts making donuts, and Photo contributed by Nicki
many more. There were also many Brick.
places to get out of the cold with busi-
nesses changing their hours for the two Olivia Naber and Lynzi
nights. Dykstra play their instru-
Sophomore Nora Ziehr said, ments for viewers at Christ-
“I volunteered for the Lions Club by mas Past. Photo contributed
serving hot chocolate and making by Marcy Willier.
smores.It was really cool to interact
with all of the people who came.”

Student government plans Winter Week activities: Dec. 12-16

Brooklyn Nash
Brisa Carrillo wears a Co-Photo-Editor in-Chief
sparkly elf hat for Hat
Day. Photo by Karina WBHS Student Government
Krall. hosted “Winter Week” from December
12-16. Winter Week is a special time to
celebrate the holidays in a variety of fun
ways before Christmas break.
Each day of the week had a
theme for students and staff to dress up.
Monday's theme was Colors, where each
grade level and staff were assigned a dif-
ferent color to wear. (Freshman-white,
Sophomores-blue, Juniors-red, Seniors-
green, and Staff-purple.)
Tuesday’s theme was Holiday
Hat. Wednesday’s theme was Flannel
Claire Jarrett and Katey Day. Thursday’s theme was PJs. Friday
was Ugly Sweater Day.
Principal Sara Oswald Noble celebrate Ugly Many activities were also in-
leads by example on Ugly Sweater Day on Dec. 16. cluded in Winter Week. Student govern-
Sweater Day. Photo by Photo by Ashlynne Nash. ment hosted a Secret Santa gift exchange
Karina Krall. throughout the whole school. Students
Jordan Waters of the stu-
dent government helps to signed up through Google Forms and
decorate for Winter Week. were randomly assigned another student
Photo by Ashlynne Nash. that signed up. Presents had to be
wrapped with the assigned student’s
name on it and had a spending limit of
$5.
Another fun activity was Trivia
Night on Wednesday at 6:30. The win-
ning trivia team was the “Snow-it-Alls’
with faculty members Karina Krall, Abby
Noelck, Annie Popkes, Kristen Westphel-
ing, Amanda Budreau and Terri Zum-
bahlen. The winners received a $30 gift
card to Mexico Lindo that was gener-
ously given to the student team with the
highest score.
The top student team consisted
of Baylee Piegors, Kellen Dykstra, Lynzi
Dykstra and Maddie Fettkether. There
were a total of 11 teams that participated
in trivia, two staff teams and nine student
teams. Student government committee
members Olivia Naber, Nina Torkelson
and Kyra Robinson were in charge of
putting together Trivia Night.
Thursday night the student gov-
ernment hosted a movie at 7:00 pm. Stu-
dents received a survey to vote for the
movie that was going to be played with
the most votes going to the Christmas
classic National Lampoon’s Christmas
Vacation.
The final on-going activity from
the week was “Hide-the Snowman.” Stu-
dent government members hid four tiny
snowman dolls around the school before
students arrived in the morning. If a stu-
dent found a snowman, they received a
prize of either socks or Reese’s peanut
butter cups.

Brooklyn Nash, Olivia Naber, Emily Maryam Martin, Caleb Pedersen,

Coleman, Ashlynne Nash, and Claire Katey Noble, Nora Ziehr, Miley
Jarrett pose in their hats on Hat Day, Shields, and Peyton Braddock pose in
Dec. 13. Photo by Karina Krall. their PJs for Pajama Day on Dec. 15.
Photo by Karina Krall.

The “Snow-it-Alls” were the

winning trivia team on Wed.,
Dec. 14: Karina Krall,
Amanda Budreau, Kristen
Westpheling, Terri Zum-
bahlen, Annie Popkes, and
Abby Noelck. Photo by Doug
Cummings.

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