By Juliana Castro, Staff Writer
McClatchy’s ASB put together the school’s very first “Winter Bazaar,” which was held at lunch on Tuesday, December 14. The bazaar, essentially a fun winter festival, was hosted in the lunch quad and aimed to inspire holiday spirit among students and raise money.
ASB’s original vision of the festival looked much different. They had hoped to hold a bigger festival over a weekend earlier in the year, but COVID restrictions prevented them from holding a large event outside of school grounds or school hours.
Instead, ASB hosted the festival on campus to make it more accessible for students to attend. Although it was smaller, it acted as a “test run” — in the future, similar events might be held.
The Winter Bazaar offered numerous different fun activities. Students could pay to get hot chocolate or take a picture with Santa and play arcade-like games including cornhole, fishing, and basketball. There was also a booth set up where students could make origami snowflakes, and the German club had a crafting station where students could make their own ornaments. A photo booth was also available for attendees to take fun pictures. Some other clubs sold coffee and donuts. Each booth at the Winter Bazaar will keep 100 percent of their profit.
As expected of a bazaar, there was a massive raffle for the chance to win school merchandise, a gift certificate to the student store, and other prizes.
ASB is working hard to excite students and increase fundraising efforts after nearly two years of online learning. A few days after the Winter Bazaar, ASB held a winter rally on Friday December 17 in the ROTC quad. During the rally ASB leaders encouraged school spirit among students, passed out school shirts, and played Family Feud on stage. The Mane Event Dancers and McClatchy Cheerleaders also performed.
ASB has a winter dance in the works, which is tentatively planned for January.