Written by 8th Grader, Sophia Y.

The Shakespeare Festival was an amazing experience filled with sports and art activities that were so much fun! The day began, for me, at 6:45 AM to help set everything up. I joined the Shakespeare Committee (run by Mrs. Holden and Ms. Arjona). Once everything was set up in the sports area and the arts and crafts area, I went to my advisory room to build a catapult with my group of two others. The catapults were for the 8th graders, there was an escape room for 7th graders and a small science experiment for 6th graders. My group finished our catapult first, and with that, we went to Arts and Crafts.

Even though I helped set it up, walking into the area was a really cool experience because there wasn’t a single place in the area that wasn’t decorated to fill the theme of ‘Renaissance’. I went to the bracelet-making station, the stained-glass station, and the flower-crown station, which were all a ton of fun!

After that, we went to the sports station on the football field. I played gaga ball, threw inflatable axes, did archery, and badminton (there were more, but I wasn’t able to get to all of them). All of the activities I did were so, SO much fun and I had a great time at them all! After the sports, we had lunch, and after lunch, there was a Masquerade Ball! Everyone there had so much fun, and it reminded me of a mini-school dance. This lasted for the rest of the day, and was such a fun time!