Coronado’s School Spirit Point System Reimagined

Clickable Fashion// Rockin’ the new ring clickers to count each grade level’s school spirit participation, senior Student Body President Ellie Winterscheidt poses for a picture. These devices are small but mighty and are the future of Coronado’s StuCo program. (Photo courtesy of Ellie Winterscheidt)

This 26-27 school year, Coronado’s Student Council team has implemented a dazzling new system to count and keep track of school spirit participation. Their hope is to encourage more students to participate to increase our school spirit. They now use clicker counters to keep track of participation. Ellie Winterscheidt, the student body president, shared some more insight as to how the system works. 

“StuCo wanted to try something new and increase class competition so that more people would not only participate in spirit days but also in lunchtime games and after-school activities,” Winterscheidt said. “If we encounter a problem, we will work to fix it.”

Curious as to how it works? The grades were split up into four “teams,” and to earn points, students from each grade are expected to participate in spirit days. A StuCo member will walk around, identify any participating students, and proceed to use the clicker per individual, which will account for a point toward their respective class.

“The system is not entirely foolproof, meaning not every single person participating in the spirit days/games will be counted, but each grade has a designated clicker for both lunches each day,” Winterscheidt said. 

The points will continue to build throughout the school year rather than resetting after each spirit week. The class with the most points at the end of the year will receive a prize, one that was undisclosed by the student body president. Despite it only being the third week of school, StuCo has already noticed increased participation in some of the easier spirit days. There is one caveat, however, and that is that it is an extreme challenge to cover every area of campus to reach all participating students during lunches. 

“The biggest challenge in this system is that it is hard to get both the lunchroom and the quad all during one 30-minute lunchtime period,” Winterscheidt said. 

These challenges aside, StuCo hopes the new competition will motivate students to get more involved and earn points for their class as the school year progresses.