Spring-Ford High School held its pep rally indoors this year for the first time since 2019 due to forecasted rainy weather.
But was this a bad thing? According to students and faculty, it most certainly was not.
“I think the energy inside is something you cannot describe… it’s awesome,” said Student Council advisor Stacey Bogus.
Students gathered inside the gymnasium as they had every year prior to the pandemic. The result was a loud, exciting afternoon for students who never got a chance to celebrate a pep rally indoors. Although the question still lingers—will it be back inside from now on?
“We have told the admin that teachers and students enjoyed it inside and so we hope to keep it inside,” Student Council advisor Adrian Frain commented, after comparing the two pep rallies. “It’s a totally different atmosphere.”
Students, reveling in the school spirit after an amazing indoor Pep Rally were hopeful that this successful event could mean the event will stay inside for the coming years.
The students participated in a class vs. class tug-of-war contest, both in the stadium and in the gymnasium, but this year there was a twist for the winning seniors: a tug-of-war battle against teachers. In the stadium, there was also a field goal contest but in the gymnasium this was changed to a 3-point competition.
Additionally, the volume in the gymnasium was something you could not replicate in the stadium. The class vs. class chants were as loud as ever, unlike in the stadium when you were not able to have the same interactions between grades.
The past three Spring-Ford pep rallies have been held outside for multiple reasons. Covid-19 was the original factor for moving the event, and the inclusion of freshmen and additional space were the leading reasons to keep it outside. However, a lack of enthusiasm and energy was a major downside of the outdoor venue.
“I preferred the indoor one because you could hear everybody’s cheers more than last years,” noted senior Hannah Dennison.
All signs seem to currently point in the direction of the pep rally resuming the indoors tradition, with Frain and Bogus observing that many students and staff strongly support this moving forward.
