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Next Stop, Platform 9 3/4
December 13th, 2022
In mid December, the Elementary•Middle School faculty and staff hosted the inaugural Harry Potter Day for the entire campus. The plan was hatched in mid September and transfigured into a festive, playful, and competitive day for everyone. Students were sorted into houses from the Harry Potter series with key qualities guiding them through the day.
Gryffindor - courageous, brave, daring
Hufflepuff - loyal, honest, patient
Ravenclaw - witty, intelligent, observant
Slytherin - proud, determined, resourceful
The goal was to create a community event to build spirit, a sense of positivity, and teamwork. Students had an opportunity to practice many of the social skills that they learn throughout the year, to celebrate, and have fun.
Teams earned points for participating in positive and constructive ways including: positive cheering, completing tasks within the four main rotations: logic, transfiguration, trivia, and the headless hunt, winning Quidditch matches, participating in outdoor games, making announcements over the loudspeaker, and more. The winner of the day was Gryffindor with a total of 4,202 points.
With teams competing neck and neck throughout the day, Hufflepuff was the last house to enter the meeting room for the final ceremony where the winner would be announced. In matching yellow shirts, and epitomizing what the purpose of the day was about, they made a dramatic entrance marching in a conga line chanting Huffle-Huffle-Huff-Puff,” to win second place.
EMS plans to continue this new tradition annually selecting a new book or series upon which to build a theme for the day.
Special thanks to the Held Family P’29 for helping to make Harry Potter Day possible.
Posted in the category EMS.
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