Student body celebrates annual Spirit Week

On Monday, October 24, NDB's Spirit Week festivities began. Spirit Week, organized by ASB, started with a battle between sister classes of BBQ Dads versus Soccer Moms. Many students chose to participate and dress up for the spirit day so the NDB community is looking forward to seeing how each class continues to be spirited every day this week. “This Spirit Week seems like it’s going to be super...

The second day of Spirit Week, Tuesday, October 25, brought yet another rivalry, Babies vs. Boomers. This time the underclassmen were pitted against the upperclassmen for much-wanted spirit points. Excitement from the previous day rolled into Tuesday as even more of the student population decided to participate in this spirit day. The freshmen and sophomores came to school ready to show off the...

For the third day of Spirit Week, NDB Tigers showed up in full spirit gear on Wednesday, October 26 to represent their class colors. The Tri-School community held a C-Day schedule, so the school day only lasted until 11:30 in the morning. Students attended hourlong, schoolwide assemblies and listened to four guest speakers throughout the day. Although the day was short, Tigers still packed in a ton of...

The Spirit Week festivities continued at NDB with Throwback Thursday on October 27. For this day, students were prompted to dress up in '80s-inspired outfits, mimicking the athleisure wear and bright colors associated with the 1980s.  After the short day on Wednesday, NDB students were excited to dress up in their throwback outfits as Halloween weekend quickly approaches. Students dressed in n...

On Friday, October 28, the Tigers came to school dressed as their favorite celebrities. Popular costumes were various famous chefs, singers and actors.  Sophomores Kathleen Sullivan and Adrianna Agresti showed up in matching Adam Sandler costumes to show appreciation for their favorite actor. In long basketball shorts, t-shirts and sunglasses, they were able to recreate Sandler’s iconic style. ...

From Scooby-Doo to superheroes to surgeons, NDB Tigers showed off their amazing costumes in Monday’s Halloween costume contest at lunch. There were six categories that students could enter: Best Duo, Best Group, Best Homemade, Funniest, Best Overall and Most Original. Additionally, there was a category for NDB’s staffulty to apply for.  The judges for the festive competition included Spanish Teachers...

The Catalyst sat down with members of the Associated Student Body (ASB) to reflect on the events of Spirit Week.  The Catalyst (TC): How did Spirit Week go overall?  Amelia Alanjian (AA): I think it went really well. It was a little stressful at first because we had a lot to get done to prepare for it, but I really liked the costumes [and students] Spirit Week ideas, and everyone was super...