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With the beautiful weather approaching as April is just around the corner, NT is quickly
\ncatching spring fever. What better way to welcome the arrival of spring than
\nwith our annual Spring Fling week! Student council has organized a fun-filled
\nweek packed with a variety of themes and events for the school to participate in.<\/p>\n
Monday will start the week off with Twin Day, where students can dress up in the same
\nclothes as their friends as they join in on many exciting events happening at
\nlunch. With Tuesday comes Pyjama Day, and who would want to miss out on being
\nable to roll out of bed and head straight to school without having to worry
\nabout your outfit?! The best part is that free hot chocolate will be given out
\nto anyone who wears their PJ\u2019s to school, and Modern Family will even be
\nplaying in the auditorium at lunch (served with popcorn of course). On
\nWednesday students can rock out to Rockstar Day, where a Guitar Hero
\ncompetition will be held in the auditorium at lunch, and winners will receive
\nsome rockin\u2019 candy! Thursday will wrap up Spring Fling week with Jersey day.
\nStudents can wear their favourite jersey and compete in a dodgeball competition
\nin the gym.<\/p>\n
As event-filled as this year\u2019s Spring Fling week is destined to be, many students
\ncan\u2019t hesitate to wonder whatever happened to last year\u2019s Candy Chaos themed
\nweek.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn’t want to do Candy Chaos because we weren’t fans of all the excess candy,
\nand by having Candy Chaos, we’d have to limit our ideas as to what events we
\ncould host,\u201d says social convener Inbar Levona. \u201cWe missed having the classics!\u201d<\/p>\n
Candy Chaos wasn\u2019t the biggest hit for the entire NT population last year. Students
\nwere placed into teams that integrated every grade, and the teams represented
\ncolours and characters from \u201cWilly Wonka and the Chocolate Factory\u201d. The
\nstudents competed alongside their teammates in events that happened every day
\nat lunch, from tug-of-war, to scavenger hunt, to massive candy creations.<\/p>\n
Christina Atkinson, one of last year\u2019s grade eleven team leaders, decided that Candy
\nChaos had its pros and cons. \u201cThe events were actually really enjoyable and got
\na variety of people involved,\u201d she said. \u201cOverall it did exactly what it
\nintended to: get NTers excited by pumping sugar through them.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, since students were chosen by student council to be \u201cteam leaders\u201d, many
\nstudents who didn\u2019t want to participate felt a lot of pressure to stand up for
\ntheir teams. \u201cBecause of the forced leadership, I noticed some leaders backed
\ndown and only naturally spirited grade elevens and twelves fully participated
\nevery day,\u201d Christina remembered.<\/p>\n
Still, no one can say no to candy, and all-in-all last year\u2019s brand new Candy Chaos
\nwas a success.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did love how much effort and time the last Council put in; they worked really
\nhard on it and they were unbelievably organized,\u201d Inbar said.<\/p>\n
It will be nice to go back to the traditional Spring Fling week themes this year,
\nso NT bring out your school spirit that\u2019s been hiding away during all those
\ngloomy winter months, and get involved in Spring Fling 2012!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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