Every year CHS students get the chance to hold fundraisers starting their freshman year to help earn money for their senior trip and other expenditures (think prom, HOCO, etc.). This year, the Class of 2025 carried on the tradition, started by last year’s graduating class, of Soak a Senior.
This event took place on October 18, a frigid fall day with a low of 39 degrees and a high of 50, in front of the athletic entrance.
The event set-up was simple: two inflatable pools, a water hose, ice and, of course, seniors and staff anxiously waiting in line for their turn to get drenched by cold water.
Underclassmen joined in the fun by paying to soak seniors of their choosing. Vanessa Ibarra (11) paid for three buckets of water to soak Chris Cacho (12) and invited her friends Xiodali Solis (11) and Indica Mendoza to join in on the fun. “I mostly wanted to get him soaked, because it was cold outside,” said Ibarra.
Senior Trenton Holland was soak “multiple times.” He was soaked by his “mom, [his] dad, and one of [his] coworkers.” For Trenton, the event “shows the spirit of our school” and he was happy to help his graduating class “raise money for [their] senior trip.” Holland was very cold, but doing “it with people [he] enjoys being around” helped him to overcome the “pins and needles” in his feet from being so cold during the event.
Soaking a member of staff cost slightly more than soaking a senior and many teachers volunteered to help raise money for this year’s seniors. “I was happy to support the Class of 2025 and was soaked by my editors, Paige Runions and Caroline Menna,” said Ms. Robison, CHS English teacher. “I tried not to react to the temperature of the water, but it so cold that it took my breath away.”
This year’s event raised more than last year - $527 – and the number of drenchings were increased as well.
This year’s event raised more than last year - $527 – and the number of drenchings were increased as well. The Class of 2025 officers worked hard to promote their event: they created and hung handmade posters throughout the school, communicated for a week prior via morning announcements, and created buzz using Leadership and Class of 2025 social media channels. Vice president for the class of 2025, Sophia Oropeza, was the creative mind behind much of the promotion. “I sent out an email to all the parents, specifically the senior parents and I informed them on what Soak a Senior was and asked them to invite their friends and people from the community to participate and support our class,” explained Oropeza (12).
In addition to parents, staff and other students, the members of the Leavenworth Fire Department showed their support for this year’s graduating class and paid to hose down senior cadets Jaxson Groby, Will Biebesheimer, Landon Curnutt, and Trail Heyl.
In the end, the event raised money for the senior class, helped to bring the Kodiak community together to support a good cause and contributed to cultivating positive culture at CHS.
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