Seniors win Winter Carnival at WHS
Deb Pooler starts the cheer, “We are small but we are ...” and the sophomore class responds with a deafening “mighty!” KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Winning Winter Carnival is the Senior Circus. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Lindsey Gordon, freshmen class president and student council member, tied for third in the pie eating competition. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Senior Tyler Flavin makes a valiant effort under the limbo stick, before falling about two seconds after this was taken. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Vanessa Dunn, a freshmen class officer and member of Student Council, sings “Raging Fire” by Phillip Phillips. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Seniors get ready for the tunnel run, where each classmate crawls between the legs of everyone before popping up and joining the line. The first class which completely finishes won. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Freshmen pajama day. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Pajama day with the seniors. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
As the limbo stick got lower and lower more and more students failed the test. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Pingpong in the library. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Senior Ridge Barnes leads a huge game of Texas Hold ’Em poker. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Juniors and their snow sculpture Rastafarian hat, complete with dreadlocks. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
The seniors’ winning snow sculpture circus tent. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Alex Strozier and Brandon Goud in the three-legged race. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper
Sophomores Jen Bickford and Nate Woodman during the makeup competition, which they won. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Senior Ridge Barnes with bright orange hair on “wear orange” day. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper
Deb Pooler starts the cheer, “We are small but we are ...” and the sophomore class responds with a deafening “mighty!” KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Winning Winter Carnival is the Senior Circus. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Lindsey Gordon, freshmen class president and student council member, tied for third in the pie eating competition. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Senior Tyler Flavin makes a valiant effort under the limbo stick, before falling about two seconds after this was taken. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Vanessa Dunn, a freshmen class officer and member of Student Council, sings “Raging Fire” by Phillip Phillips. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Seniors get ready for the tunnel run, where each classmate crawls between the legs of everyone before popping up and joining the line. The first class which completely finishes won. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Freshmen pajama day. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Pajama day with the seniors. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
As the limbo stick got lower and lower more and more students failed the test. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Pingpong in the library. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Senior Ridge Barnes leads a huge game of Texas Hold ’Em poker. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Juniors and their snow sculpture Rastafarian hat, complete with dreadlocks. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
The seniors’ winning snow sculpture circus tent. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Alex Strozier and Brandon Goud in the three-legged race. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper
Sophomores Jen Bickford and Nate Woodman during the makeup competition, which they won. KATRINA CLARK/Wiscasset Newspaper
Senior Ridge Barnes with bright orange hair on “wear orange” day. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper
The 2015 Wiscasset High School Winter Carnival ended on Feb. 13 with the seniors, as usual, winning the trophy and title.
Every year the carnival pits the four classes of the high school against each other, with each class creating a theme and name which they design T-shirts for. These themes are often used in events such as snow sculpting building, lip sync routines and poster making.
This year the four teams were the Senior Circus, the Jamaican Juniors, Seaside Sophomores and Formal Freshmen.
A total of 51 events throughout the week (with the vast majority on Friday) earned each team points. Winners got 100 points, then 75, 50 and 25 for teams in second, third and fourth places for each event. Some of the events included male cheerleading routines and a whole-school limbo competition (the freshmen won), floor hockey and sailboat races (the sophomores won), sled races and ping-pong (the juniors won), and tug-of-war and pie-eating (the seniors won).
Seniors won with 3,925 points. Sophomores came in with a strong second at 3,400 points, juniors were third with 2,650 points and the freshmen a close fourth with 2,600 points.
One of the most important challenges was the sportsmanship one, which the seniors won.
“Seniors almost always win because they know what it takes,” teacher and student council advisor Deb Pooler said. “This is their fourth year doing the carnival and they know which events are really important and where to put their biggest efforts.”
Most of all, the day is filled with fun. Seniors enjoy a lunch catered by KFC with a choice of pizza and homemade cookies, while the rest of the classes got a sandwich and salad bar in the school cafeteria.
“It gives both students and the staff an opportunity to see each other in a different light, and fosters a real feeling of community and school spirit,” Pooler said. “I absolutely love Winter Carnival and working to make sure the kids have an amazing time.”
This year, the Winter Carnival was put together by not just the student council, but a team of volunteer students who spent part of their “exploratory week” helping plan the events.
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