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By Douglas Koay

Freaky Friday is a long-standing tradition in Dalat, where seniors run games, provide food, and have fun with the middle schoolers. This year, it allowed seniors to give back to the Dalat community by providing a night filled with various activities, including Capture the Flag, Cup Pong, Just Dance, Knockout, and many others for the kids in school. 

With so many activities needing to be set up, the senior class had to prepare the stations before the wave of kids flooded in. Stations of games were set up in Harbor Hall, Just Dance was projected onto the screen behind the stage, and 600 water balloons being filled in anticipation of the kids led to more water on the seniors than in the balloons. 

Senior ExCom Service Coordinator Aidan Leong (12) said, “Many seniors came together to help out in Freaky Friday to bond with the middle schoolers, which made the process smooth and enjoyable.” The middle schoolers were bursting with excitement and glee, participating in the games and jumping from one station to the next. 

Joseph Lee (12), who was in charge of the knockout station that night, says, “It felt sentimental to be able to help out with Freaky Friday because I did it in middle school and had a lot of fun doing it, and now having the opportunity to serve back made me kind of emotional.” 

After a whole day of activities, the middle schoolers were split into their respective grades, armed with water balloons, and engaged in a war-like battle, ending the night in a blur of chaos, laughter, and so much screaming. This experience with the kids gave us a new understanding and gratitude to the seniors when we were middle schoolers who spent their time with us in our Freaky Friday. With this tradition continuing, we hope the kids we serve will one day be filled with the same nostalgia and gratitude as we were when they become seniors.

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