The lock-in is a school wide event, usually around mid-January, where students are “locked-in” to the school from around 9PM to 6AM, to play games, watch movies, and make connections. My plan for the lock-in is to make it as engaging and fun as possible. I plan to keep everything we had for the lock in 2 years ago (Gym games, Zombie tag, etc), while also adding activities such as, a cooking competition in the FCS room, Game shows for cash prizes, and even another school wide game depending on interest.

I would like to keep strengthening student connection through creating more spaces for students to engage in activity, one example of such a space is the commons. Currently, the commons feels a bit lifeless, I would like to fix that by fundraising to install at least 2 more mediums for students to socialize with, some possibilities are, an air hockey table, a pool table, and finally, allowing students to use the projector inside of the commons for things such as games, study groups, etc.

To showcase our student body’s abundant amount of creativity, I would like to propose an SCO Student Film Competition for next year. This would entail groups of around 5 students each from the same grade or mixed grades, working together to create a short, non-professional film (around 2-3 minutes) around a broad topic. Some examples of topics would be things like time, faith, reflection, etc. Following the showing of these films students will all vote together for multiple different award categories. Some examples of awards would be best film, best actor/actress, best cinematography, etc.

In order to keep strengthening SCO’s work with Wildfire club, I am going to bring back the homecoming tailgate next year. The homecoming tailgate was a outdoor event with games and food, held during the color-run (homecoming weekend) to support athletics and have fun.

I would like to try my best to have a student vote around what the venue will be for the homecoming dance next year. Whether that’s something new, or something before.