LINK CR3W 2008

hey guys! yes-im back!! (again? lol) ok so this past week was SUPER BUSY!!!! *sigh* i need to take a breather!!!
ok so monday and tuesday were link crew training days. yes, link crew TRAINING. "whats link crew", you ask? well it is, in fact, a program dedicated to helping freshmen find their way around the campus and connecting with upperclassmen on the day of the Grizzly Retreat. ok, now lemme say it in english: a bunch of jrs and srs get together on one day with freshmen and play games and dance and show them around the school. The whole program is called Link Crew, and the Freshmen are "links". the jrs and srs are the link crew leaders. Heather and I were partners together (yay) and our theme (for the group) was a box of crayons LOL so we made 12 (plus me and heather) different colored t-shirts and paper hats and wrote, say,"hot pink" on the front and "crayola" on the back (of the tshirts, not hats lol).

so monday and tuesday were "training" days where they showed us wat to do and wat to say yadda yadda. it was from like 4-10. SIX HOURS! YEAH! u would wonder wat ur gonna do for 6 hrs straight, but if anything, we needed more time, but in the end it all worked out. we got our green tshirts that said we were link crew leaders (bc frosh have the same but in white-and it doesnt say "link crew leader" on the back)and we also hafta sell at least 2 "activities books" (a book full of coupons basically) so if ur interested, ask me for one, theyre $40 i think.

then wednesday and thursday were spent making our crayon outfits.......YAY CRAYONS!!!

friday was the big day!!! GRIZZLY RETREAT!!! (0ur mascott is a grizzly bear, thats y its the grizzly retreat) so here was a run-down of the whole day:
1:00-arrive for a pre-retreat meeting (booooring! lol jk its for last minute questions n stuff)
1:45 - meet and greet freshman (and it was funny, i would hold out my hand for a high-five and there were two types of ppl: one kind would high-five back enthusiastically and the other would just stare at me like i was an alien or something LOL but its like: "UR FRESHMEN! UR NOT COOL NO MATTER WAT U DO! GET USED TO IT!!!" if anything, the enthusiastic frosh were cool! :DDD and while i was doing this, heather would go up to like each and every one and be all "hi im heather, wats ur name" and shake their hand and it was so funny to see their faces!!! most of them stared at her like she was weird and walked off! LOL)
2:00ish-frosh showed up (some there early)
2:25- go to gym and make a tunnel (of linkcrew leaders so the frosh can run under while high-fiving etc)
2:30-frosh came thru tunnel and there was like a "welcome to GBHS" rally and we got in our Link Crew Groups. me and heather were group 46 and had 10 kids: 4 girls, 5 boys, then one boy who didnt have a group, so he just joined ours (and Coincidently he lives a few doors down from us... O_o weird lol)
3:50-we got in our crayon costumes, and went on a school tour and showed the kids where their classes are
4:50-we went to individual rooms (the different groups) and our group went to the wrestling room and we played many games so we could learn each others names and "life stories" and maybe if we have time, some time, heather and i can teach u guys the games-they were fun!-but the name games will be easier bc we all already kno each others names LOL
5:45-snack break (and me and heather found katie, hannah and catherine and hung out w/ them and shared stories)
6:00-in the gym was another rally w/ cheerleaders and the drill team and a (cheesy) video on GBHS and how cool our school is yadda yadda
6:45-dinner! PIZZA! YAY! :DDD
7:30-DANCE! thats rite-DANCE!! that was fun as well, and cool enough- the song "Must of Done Something Right" by Relient K played, but the rest were secular, but what do you expect? o ya, and im so glad i took this "job" as a link crew leader, bc we (me and heather) met this new girl named Taralin and she just moved in from the country and didnt have any friends so we introduced her to katie and her friends and hopefully she'll stay friends w/ us--im just glad we made her feel welcome, and it looked like she had a good time. so thats good :DDD
9:00-it ended and the frosh went home
after that, us leaders had to clean up the campus and gym etc and had a "Go Link Crew"-type meeting at the end. we'll stay connected to our links and tell them when other events are going on and we'll send them like bday cards and stuff and hopefully they'll all have a good experiance at GBHS. :DDD

ALL-IN-ALL:
-it went well
-we had fun
-they had fun (i hope)
-it was a good experiance for us all

...so u home-schoolers are missin out! haha jk
and im wondering, does like woodcreek and other schools do the same type of thing?

-Rachael :DDD