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on verGing in the hall£ on Hawaiian Day are ceniorc Sarah
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reccing up in her camouflage outfit i£ Vandervort. Roce Andercon , and Candace Mecenbrink . ('t ophomorec Layne Decpiegelaere and Laura Steele chow
, Grace ckirh and colorful lei£ were popular acceccoriec . photo by
ceni or Rachel McCune . McCune caid che C> their American pride. Student£ became very involved with thic
Heather Dehm
!d Army Day becauce ceniorc felt that it day by chowing patriohcm toward£ their country and recpect to
thoce vichmc of the Sept. 11 tragedy . photo by Hea ther Dehm
Since the terrorist attack happened pumped up for the Homecoming game and
four weeks previously, Spirit Week took on a dance.
new meaning. Spirit, not only for our school, "!like Spirit Week because it spiced
but for our country, was expressed when up the year, and it shows how much people
Proud to be an American Day was added to li ke their school," JUnior Luke Holt said.
the theme days of the first week of Octo- Spirit Week had a bigger effect on
ber. some people ttlan others.
Many people had grown more united "I think Spirit Week is a key part of
and were more patriotic. Proud to be an motivation of school spirit. V/eek in and
American Day made a big impact on stu- week out students show their school spirit
dents. at the football games and basketball
"Proud to be an Amencan Day games, but when you have a week reserved
wasn't really a day of influen ce - it was JUSt to bring the spirit of the school to-
more of a day of pride. I think ever since gether, 1t is bound to motivate the stu-
the attacks occurred on America, that dents even more," Hailer said.
most Amencans, including students, have Dressing up in the popular "United V/e
seemed more un1ted overall," senior Ryan Stand" t~sh1rts on Proud to be an American
Hailer said. Day, wearing those fuzzy sl1ppers on Come
In addition to Proud to be an Amen- as You Are Day, and showing school pride by
can Day, there were also Come As You Are dressing up 1n appropriate colors on Class
Day, Hawaiian Day, Class Color Day, and Color Day, showed that this school had
Army Day. These days gave students a more spint than ever. Thie students were
chance to dress crazy in school, be more proud to be a part of MN and proud to be
relaxed, learn in a fun environment, and get Americans. 33 T
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