Students Scatter Through Campus for Homeroom Olympics Scavenger Hunt

Students spread out over campus yesterday in search of everything from dinosaurs to haikus for the scavenger hunt yesterday as a part of the first event in the annual Homeroom Olympics competition.

Homeroom Olympic committee member Jason Kesler, a junior, helped organize the scavenger hunt. “Each homeroom got a list at the beginning…that has…a bunch of items around school – some of them are pretty funky – that they are going to be finding and turning into us for Homeroom Olympic points,” said Kesler.

Juniors Cole Christian and Sophie Bustamante participated in the scavenger hunt for history teacher Scott Huntley’s homeroom after missing out on the scavenger hunt last year. “We felt like we really missed out on the experience of Homeroom Olympics and we wanted to do it this year,” said Bustamante.

According to junior Madison Vance, who is also a Homeroom Olympics committee member, the scavenger hunt was the first Homeroom Olympic event of the year; however, the committee also sponsored other events earlier in the year. “For the spirit week during homecoming week, we gave points for if you dressed for pictures and sent them in and I think we gave points for one of the canned drives,” said Vance.

English teacher Lily Bolig’s homeroom came in first place with 28 items. Math teacher Darren Yamaguchi, Japanese teacher Rie Tsuboi and counselor Ann Nebolon’s homerooms took second place. Drama teacher Stephanie Siers, science teacher Eric Smith and history teacher Kelly Hawkins’ homerooms came in third place. Science teacher Cathy Ramos, English teacher Amanda Bevers, and Spanish teacher David Bair’s homerooms took fourth place.

Tsuboi’s homeroom is now in first place in the Homeroom Olympic standings after the scavenger hunt, while social science teacher Kevin Witt’s homeroom is in second place and Bolig’s homeroom in third.