You walk into the gym and the energy is electrifying. Music is blaring; classes are cheering, and students whisper excitedly about who’s going to win the Handball tournament. The pep rally seems to be the one event in Scituate High School that brings the most school spirit, yet there are a rumor flying around that it’s going to be eliminated from the winter and spring Student Council agenda.  So the question is what is the future of the pep rally?

     Principal Wargo said, “Student Council and administration are going to review the pep rally, look at the strengths and weaknesses, student involvement, the expectations, and student behavior. At some point we need to make a decision on how many pep rallies we really need per year. I think it would be good to get Student Government involved to have more hands on deck. Student Council did a great job with orchestrating the event, but there was some confusion with communication outside of Student Council. There are always going to be rebels who want to defy the system.”

     The pep rally is the one of the many events Student Council runs to instill school spirit. Senior and Student Council President Jessi Tassini said, “The pep rally went well, there was a lot of organization and the transition between the activities went smoothly. Pep rallies are the main focus in involving students for Student Council, school spirit would be lost without it. We are willing to work with administration to meet halfway; both sides just need to be open minded to accept change.”

     The future of the pep rallies at Scituate High School is going to be determined through cooperation between Student Council and administration throughout the next month. If you as a student or teacher have a strong opinion about the pep rallies, speak up and voice your opinion to your Student Council representative or the administration.

      “The voice of the majority needs to rule, not the voice of the minority to squelch,” Principal Wargo said.

Student Voices:

Freshmen: Maeve Kotelly- “I liked the cheers, I liked the spirit! We cheered in Gates, but this one was so much better than Gates, there were more events, more grades to compete with. There was nothing I didn’t like, but my favorite part was the cheer battles. We cheered ‘We’re Just Freshmen,’ it says we’re the little ones but we can still win! I just think we should have won the handball game!”

Sophomore: Frankie Ragge- “I liked the pep rally because all got to compete against each other in a good nature. As an underclassman this year and last year, it feels good to compete with the seniors in cheers and activities.

Junior: Jonny Ricci- “The whole school is completely united during spirit week, so why can’t we be united with our class on the day of the pep rally? It’s part of our school culture, if they’re trying to take it away I don’t understand why. I would love going to school if we had spirit weeks and pep rallies like Cohasset does. We should open up nominating spirit days to homerooms instead of just Student Council- we could even have activities at the pep rally that correlate with each spirit day.”

Senior: Morgan Moore- “In the past four years I know I’ve had the most school spirit at our pep rallies. Plus the competition is good, America is based off competition! If they take away pep rallies it’s going to do more harm than good. If they take the others away, what about all the spring and winter sports? Captains get so excited to go down to the pep rally, it’s not fair if we only have a fall pep rally that’s like saying ‘Football, Field Hockey and Soccer are the only appreciated sports at this school’.”