Last day of Spirit Week ends in flying colors
Spirit Week came to a close this Friday with class T-shirt day with the students having the opportunity to participate in the annual Spirit Rally and eat free popsicles.
Students also wore class T-shirts and class-colored accessories, with the freshmen dressed in green, sophomores sporting white, juniors wearing black and seniors donning yellow.
Though Harker’s official colors are green and white, the administration added black and yellow since the colors come from the school’s mascot.
“It’s been like that forever,” Student Activities Coordinator Kerry Enzensperger said. “If you look at it, it’s like the colors of the eagle. The beak, the neck and then the green and white.”
Some students did not initially appreciate their T-shirts but they have slowly become accustomed to them.
“I’m a bit confused about how [our T-shirt] got printed before everybody noticed the racial slur on it,” Gurutam Thockchom (11) said. “Although, I think the way they patched it up is pretty slick, so that’s cool.”
Freshman Kathleen Cheng also commented on why she likes her class T-shirt.
“It’s funny,” Kathleen Cheng (9) said. “I really love the “Incredibles” movie, and the quote [on our shirt] is one of my ultimate favorites.”
Although some students like the humor of their T-shirt, others simply like the design that was chosen.
I think it’s a great design. It’s revolutionary and a breakthrough in T-shirt technology.
— Vishal Vaidya (12)
On the whole, the view on this year’s T-shirt designs included more positive opinions.
“I like [the T-shirt] a lot better than last year’s because I feel like more thought was put into this one,” Irene Bashar (10) said.
Enzensperger helped Spirit Club organize the weeklong event, and explains why she enjoys each year’s T-shirt designs.
“The [T-shirts] are cool. Everything I like comes from the students, so anything that’s student-designed is what it should be,” Enzensperger said. “It shouldn’t be coming from the adults. To me, that’s what makes it good.”
If students are interested in designing a T-shirt for their class next year, they can contact their class dean to receive design guidelines.
Kaitlin Hsu (11) is the Editor-in-Chief of Wingspan Magazine. In her freshmen year, she was a reporter, and in her sophomore year, she was the Features...