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For the past 22 years the Winter Carnival, staffed by seniors, has supplied the community with an outlet to a fun, stress free atmosphere for kids and parents.

All of the senior adviseries are involved in some sort of booth or activity, in which other students and kids from the community can participate.

This year, the carnival took place Friday, Feb. 26, and was held throughout the school. There were different activities set up, ranging from mock weddings to dance parties to casino night providing entertainment for all ages.

The Winter Carnival again worked to raise money for the Habitat for Humanity project.
They raised money by selling tickets for $1 that could then be used for activities and food costing from one to three tickets.

Along with ticket sales, this year they also raised money by holding a raffle to win a GoPro. Senior Boys Adviser Chair, Chris Pearson, could not confirm an official amount raised before the deadline of this issue.

Parents and kids alike enjoyed the Winter Carnival, though for different reasons. The carnival gave kids a safe and fun environment in which they could meet other kids and socialize with their friends.

Brooklyn Weiss, 7th grader, came to the carnival with her friends because her sister was working a booth. Weiss particularly enjoyed the casino activity.

Deciding which activity to do can be hard since all of the gyms and most of the second and third floors are filled with different activities.

However, finding out about all the activities is not hard, since seniors walk around promoting their activities like vendors at a baseball game.

Senior Anders Aschkenase said, “We’re just walking around, we got an airhorn, trying to get people to come out. We’re doing the Home Run Derby and so far people seem to like it.”

Senior adviser Mike Baeb said the turnout was good and that his advisery had fun.“Guys from the advisery remember coming here when they were kids, so they had fun helping little boys and girls, showing them how to shoot and just generally playing with them. I think it is great for the senior class to come together and represent.”

“I really think the carnival is just a perfect time to hangout with friends and have fun. I’m a junior this year so I’m really looking forward to next year when I’m able to really participate in it,” junior Meredith Embree said.

Winter Carnival also provides seniors with one more, almost final, opportunity to spend quality time with one another.

Senior Darby Tingue is a member of the Horwitz advisery. Tingue said, “My advisery did the wedding station. I enjoyed spending time with my friends in advisery.”

Although this does seem to be an exciting time for senior adviseries, there is also much preparation and work that goes into it.

“We got a lot of decorations to make the room look like a wedding scene and got candy to give to the newlyweds,” Tingue said.

The Klein advisery had a “specialty” drinks booth. They made smoothies and mixed sodas.
Jacob Mehlman, member of the Klein advisery, was excited for the carnival. “Winter Carnival is a great senior tradition and I really hope that this year is the best year yet,” Mehlman said.