COUNT DAY TURNS TO SPIRIT COURT

Monday started out well with an odd day due to count day on Wednesday. On count day, students went to all 7 of their classes. While in 5th hour, (between 1st and 2nd hour) nominations were made for Spirit Court for all grades. The nominations for Freshman Court were Claire Simmons, Rachel Ridley, Dani Fink, Collin Pintamo, Dylan Edelman, and Nick Seidel. For the Sophomore class, the nominees were Dana Korogodsky, Blake McGuckin, Sahana Shankar, Chris Jadan, Jordan Yaldo, and Gurveer Singh. The Junior class nominees were Sydney Jones, Haley Brown, Maddie Hughes, Mario Kakos, Nathan Pasternak, and Robbie Reid; The Senior Class nominees were Jaeina Limbo, Brooke Bain, Lauren Gorny, Tierra Riddick, Morgan Williamson, Robby Neihof, Jacob Rashty, Matt Schafer, David Hotz, Robbie Jones, and Jarrell Ku.

STRANGE KINDNESS TO STATES

The West Bloomfield High School Michigan Interscholastic Forensics Association (MIFA) company took their one act comedy “Strange Kindness” to the state MIFA competition in Ann Arbor on February 13 and 14. They placed 3rd overall in their division, Superior in Set Design (Tatiana Habsburg, senior, and Olivia Krieger, junior), Superior in Ensemble Professionalism, and the Golden Truck Award. This is the 3rd year in a row that the West Bloomfield (WBHS) MIFA team has qualified for State Competition. Stevenson High School won first place.

SALES, SALES, AND MORE SALES

All of last week shirts for the Basketball Battle of Bloomfield at Oakland University on February 21 were on sale. These shirts are $10 and provide free admission to the game. On February 13, Laker Landing held a Valentine’s Day sale. For this sale, students who bought a balloon got a teddy bear 50% off. What a deal! Additionally, the Orchard Lake Student Film Festival (OLSFF) sold DVDs of the 5 short films made by WBHS students.

Overall, This past week has been filled with irregular schedules, nominations, sales, and sports. Watch for the next weekly wrap-up and have a great week, Lakers!