Construction proves students are built of stern stuff
January 12, 2009
By Michelle Erickson
Skyline High School has been under construction for most of this year. Some students may say that this had made the 2008-09 school year the worst in the history of Skyline.
Hall Monitor Michelle Erickson Skyline High School
But if you look at Skyline and its students, you can’t see it. There is no evidence that the construction has affected the spirits of the Skyline Spartans. We still support each other as much as possible.
Everything from sports to drama gets a huge turnout each time. Skyline is an overly peppy school. Even if the roof got blown off, we would still bleed green and silver; we are still Spartans. The Beach Boys said “Be true to your school,” and before this year I thought it meant be true to where you went to school, the city or the building you learned in. I have realized that even though my school isn’t the same as it was when I started attending, the pride I have for the Spartans hasn’t changed.
Our school has been reduced to a pile of rubble with a few working classrooms surrounded by portable classrooms. It is sad to see the front of the school covered in scaffolding and plastic tarps.
But the show of Spartan pride that goes on for every spirit day proves that even though our school is in pieces, the Spartan power is stronger than ever. It’s not the physical building that makes the students spirited, but the students themselves that bring the spirit to the school.
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