Revere High School (RHS) hosted its fourth annual Class Day assembly in order for students to compete against each other to win the Class Day trophy.
Class Day is an event that takes place towards the end of each school year where students can compete with their class against other classes in many different events. The past three years, the class of 2024 walked away with the trophy, leaving the four upcoming classes (2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028) without the trophy. Class Day is nothing like a regular school day, as the class periods are shortened from 45 to 32 minutes to delegate an assembly just short of two hours full of competitions.
In this year’s competitions, the returning events were: Scooter relay race, Hula Hoop Line Relay, Dizzy Bat Relay, Academic Challenge & Pop Culture Quiz, Bottle Flip Relay, Knock Out, Tug of War and Dodgeball. This year, Principle Doug Faris has worked with the League of Leaders (a club at RHS) to revise and add new events such as: Anything But a Baton Relay Race, Air Mattress Relay Race and Musical Chairs with a Twist
“[In the air mattress relay], kids will have to work in groups of eight. The air mattress will start down at one end, then each person will run out and slide on the air mattress. The goal is to move the air mattress down to the other foul line and then move it back,” Faris said.
Assistant principal Tiffany George is new to the school district this school year and had never experienced the Class Day festivities. George said that other staff members have attempted to describe the image of the activities to her.
“The day is a big deal. Almost sounds like the same level of excitement as the fall assembly for the Copley game. Just the opportunity for everybody to celebrate at the end of the year with their classmates,” George said.
An important part of Class Day is the class colors that correspond to each grade level. The freshmen class wore wear white, the sophomores wore red and the juniors wore blue. Each year, the Seniors select a specific theme, which they reveal at the beginning of the assembly. This year, the seniors decided on a wild west theme with many students dressed in cowboy boots and hats. For the grand reveal, senior James Mitter rode into the gymnasium on a tractor, leading the pack of senior students. Since the Seniors kept the theme a secret until the assembly began, Faris had no clue what to expect out of them.
“I honestly don’t have a clue. I kind of like being surprised. It’s exciting,” Faris said.
Senior class president Macie Lehman participated in the Class Day festivities in events such as the air mattress race and the hula hoop race. Lehman said she was excited for all the seniors to get together and make memories before they graduate.
”I love the unity and commitment shown by the student body on Class Day,” Lehman said.
Students who have experienced Class Day are in agreement that the excitement for the event starts days prior. When the day finally came, Faris states that everything came together for an eventful assembly.
“It’s like magic, I get super stressed out. All of a sudden it’s 12:45 on Class Day. The bell rang. There’s no more classes for the rest of the day. [Students] are piling into the gym. The music’s playing. The seniors just run out, and its game time,” Faris said.
Class Day took place on Friday May 2nd. Here, students competed with their classmates to determine the victorious class. The final scores in the assembly tallied up to: 41 points from the class of 2028, 44 points for the class of 2029, 45 points from the class of 2025 and 48 points from the class of 2026. By the time the 2:37 bell rang, the class of 2026 finished with the most points out of the four classes in participation and was granted this year’s Class Day trophy.
