A Pink Week pep rally postscript
The Blue Brigade officers in parallel pose at the Pink Week pep rally on Thursday in the large gym.
October 23, 2018
Since there is no pep rally this week for the Reagan game, we are proud to take you back to last week’s Pink Week pep rally with this week’s #TuesdayTop10 photo gallery. These are just some of the picturesque moments from a pep rally filled with the from start to finish.
Can't hide our pride
Freshman Anna McClellan yells her battle cry during the competition for the spirit stick. Keeping the tradition, every pep rally all four grades see who can yell their battle cry the loudest. "I really enjoy pep rallys because everyone is fun and loud and I get to be with my friends. This is was my favorite pep rally we've had because I finally got used to how everything runs, I felt like I knew what was going on so I wanted to be as loud and spirited as I could." McClellan said. After all four grades had a chance to show off their cry, the Juniors won for the second pep rally in a row and kept the spirit stick where it belonged. Photo by Risa Darlington-Horta.
Captain Claire
Senior swim captain Claire Rudy is introduced at the Pink Week pep rally on Thursday in the large gym. Photo by Kristen Tibbetts.
A pie for each cheek
PALS Mira MacLaurin and Damaris Benitez prepare their double-barreled pie facial for apprehensive journalism teacher Dave Winter. Photo by Gabby Sherwood.
They'll tumble for you
The cheer squad executes a complicated tumbling routine at Thursday's Pink Week pep rally in the large gym. Photo by Gabby Sherwood.
All in line
During the Blue Brigade officer performance, senior Sophia Salo, junior Amelia Paul, seniors Karel Tinkler, Chanyn James, Maddie Cevallos, junior Lilly Brown and senior Ellie Stites. "My favorite part of the pep rally was doing that dance, it was my first time dancing with all of the officers apart from the team. I love dancing with just them because we get to collaborate more and show off our individual talents." This pep rally was the first time the officers performed without the rest of the squad. Once their performance finished, they had to quickly change into different outfits to perform with the rest of the Blue Brigade members. Photo by Dave Winter.
Antar, On Time
Senior Naiya Antar leads the cheer squad during its performance at the Pink Week pep rally in the large gym on Thursday. Photo by Dave Winter.
The Rory of the Crowd
PAL Rory Thomas dances with mascot Knight McKnight during the Pink Week pep rally in the large gym on Thursday. Photo by Dave Winter.
Full Cirkiel
Freshman Swimmer Noah Cirkiel flashes a smile and the symbol for the Class of 22 during the early stages of the Pink Week pep rally in the large gym on Thursday. Photo by Dave Winter.
Princi-PAL Garrison
Is that a wince or a smile (or both) from principal Mike Garrison as he braces himself for a double dose of Pink Week pie? Photo by Annabel Winter.
Water Boyz
The men of PALS try to maintain their positions as a water balloon speed by them during the PAL-lery in the Peace Garden courtyard at lunch on Thursday. Photo by Evelyn Griffin.
A March in October
The drum majors lead the marching band down the main hallway to kick of the Pink Week pep rally. Photo by Gregory James.
Old School singers
Math teacher Chastity Colbert-Davis and assistant principal Larry Feathertone link pinkies during the playing of the school song at the Pink Week pep rally in the large gym on Thursday. Photo by Gregory James.
The Scales of Just Us
Mr. Whiz and junior PAL Owen Scales stare down a future that definitely involves a pie in the face. Photo by Annabel Winter.
Junior Achievement
Juniors Lilly Brown and Nick Compton urge their classmates on during their successful effort to win the Spirit Stick for the second pep rally in a row. Photo by Annabel Winter.
![A PRIDE-FUL WEEK OF CELEBRATION:
As part of AISDs week-long celebration of PRIDE, students of the McCallum Spectrum Club worked to create a week full of activities, prizes and helping hands to support the schools LGBTQ+ community. The club is widely available for anyone to join, and specializes in creating a safe space for students to share and give advice. While Pride month itself isn’t until June, AISD designates one week in March to celebrate and commemorate the importance of this part of the student body.
As part of the week of festivities, the club held a booth in the front hall handing out pride stickers, pins and merch to passers by. For junior Zane Joly, the booth idea was brought up as a way for students to engage with one another, and connect with the community.
“I call out to people in the halls, ‘hey, do you want stickers?’” Joly said. “We just give out free pride stickers and sometimes other free pride merch to the students of Macallum because everybody likes pride stickers.”
While the week itself is packed with a variety of different activities, the overall goal is to bring students closer together and create a safer environment for self expression at McCallum.
“The idea for the student panel largely came from the black [history] student panel that is done during Black History Month,” Joly said. “And the idea for giving out free stuff was developed at Spectrum last year.”
Joly is not only a member of the Spectrum club, but also holds a leadership position giving them a more hands-on role with the projects and Pride Week activities.
“McCallum has a very high queer population,” Joly said. “I think Its nice that we get a chance to celebrate Pride because Pride Month is during the summer, and I think its just a nice thing for the community and getting to just celebrate it.”
While the merch table at lunch was only a small part of the numerous parts of McCallum’s Pride week, for Joly this small impact made all the difference.
“The purpose of Pride is to make people not feel alone and to make them feel safe,” Joly said. “The goal is [to make people] happy about a part of themselves that theyre often conditioned to not feel good about.”
Caption by Chloe Lewcock. Photo by Shila Gill.](https://macshieldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53597258192_6e7168d8ae_o-1-600x338.jpg)
![BACKGROUND IN THE BUSINESS: Dressed by junior designer Kaitlyn Gerrie, senior Chamila Muñoz took to the “Dreamland” runway this past weekend. While it was her first time participating in the McCallum fashion show, Muñoz isn’t new to the modeling world.
I modeled here and there when I was a lot younger, maybe five or six [years old] for some jewelry brands and small businesses, but not much in recent years,” Muñoz said.
Muñoz had hoped to participate in last year’s show but couldn’t due to scheduling conflicts. For her senior year, though, she couldn’t let the opportunity pass her by.
“It’s [modeling] something I haven’t done in a while so I was excited to step out of my comfort zone in a way,” Muñoz said. “I always love trying new things and being able to show off designs of my schoolmates is such an honor.”
The preparation process for the show was hectic, leaving the final reveal of Gerrie’s design until days before the show, but the moment Muñoz tried on the outfit, all the stress for both designer and model melted away.
“I didn’t get to try on my outfit until the day before, but the look on Kaitlyn’s face when she saw what she had worked so hard to make actually on a model was just so special,” Muñoz said. “I know it meant so much to her. But then she handed me a blindfold and told me I’d be walking with it on, so that was pretty wild.”
Caption by Francie Wilhelm.](https://macshieldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/53535098892_130167352f_o-600x400.jpg)
