Every year, FCHS celebrates National Unity Day on Oct. 22 by wearing orange and promoting kindness, while battling bullying.
The day encourages students to unite against bullying and become a symbol of support to show that no student should experience bullying. In honor of gaining participation for this year’s Unity Day, FCHS students were tasked with a fun game: collecting as many beaded necklaces as possible.
“Sophie Pace and I planned this event through SGA because we wanted the school to become a little more engaged with each other. With it also being Unity Day, we thought that this event would help bring Unity to our school,” said SGA member and event planner Molly McCall.
Upon entering the school, each student was given a single beaded necklace. From there, students were then encouraged to challenge each other to a game of rock, paper, scissors. The winner of the match received all of the beaded necklaces that the loser had. A challenge could not be denied, and students with no beads were able to re-enter the game by winning a match against another student with beads of their own. If a student obtained at least five beaded necklaces, they could further challenge a teacher or staff member for even more beads.
“During WIN, students outside my door were so into the competition that my students in the room thought there was a fight going on,” said FCHS teacher Elizabeth Pellicane.
“I don’t think I won a single game of rock-paper-scissors all day, and I still had a lot of fun with it. A little fun during the school day is always a good thing,” said FCHS coach Jason Davis.
By the end of the day, students who thought they had the most beads reported to FCHS teacher David Small’s to have their beaded necklaces counted. The student with the most beads was given a winning prize.
“It was a very fun and engaging event with a little friendly competition. It was definitely a success,” said McCall.
Senior Colton Smith won with 86 beads and received a bag of candy and Chick-Fil-A gift cards for his victory.
“Paper always beats Rock,” said Smith.
