Freaky Turn of Events

By Drew Worten

On November 10th, 2023, there was an event called Freaky Friday hosted by the Dalat senior class for grades 5th through 8th. They did many events that day, including Capture the Flag, Knockout, Cat & Mouse, Just Dance, Min to Win It, Tic Tac Toe, Trivia, and water balloon fights. 

This event is a time where seniors can be role models and leave lasting memories on the Dalat community. Cullno Mah (12) was a leader for one of the middle school grades; he said, “For some reason, I really bonded with the sixth-grade middle schoolers on Friday till they even said hi when I’m around. I had a deep talk with one of them about growing up and maturing, and he said he was too mature and apologized for his grade when they kept shouting at me. They also decided to throw their one water balloon at me, and I even banter with three sixth-grade girls who were shouting and complaining about Freaky Friday and we laughed about it. Their core memory was probably me, not gonna lie, and my voice now is destroyed, screaming over 60 kids to pay attention.” Cullno got to bond with the middle schoolers and give insightful information to these kids about growing up and life. He got to connect with the middle schoolers and left an impact on these kids they will probably never forget.

They organized this event in such a way that the seniors got to interact directly with the middle schoolers in these games. This event was organized with multiple seniors at each station, facilitating the fun in a way that they are interacting with them, and it was also organized with one senior leading each grade to the different stations and games. An example of the seniors interacting with the middle schoolers through the game is the water balloon fights; even the seniors got to join in and play with the middle schoolers. 

Elizabeth Silverstein (12), the senior class president, said this about the event,  “Over all, I felt like both seniors and middle schoolers had a fantastic time having fun together. My favorite part was watching the middle schoolers run around laughing and throwing water balloons at each other. I would plan another day like it in a heartbeat.” 

Not only did the middle schoolers have fun, but the seniors also had fun together with them. And they wish they could plan another day like this.