3rd Annual Community Night

     Friday, September 9^th was Riverbend High School’s third annual Community Night.  It started around 6 p.m. and ended around 7:15, right before the  Riverbend and Brooke Point football game kick-off.  Riverbend invited Chancellor, Wilderness, Brock Road, Harrison Road, Salem, and Smith Station elementary students to see what their future high school will look like.  The elementary schools handed out ticket slips for the game that allowed them to get in free with a paying adult.  They were allowed to walk around and visit different booths. Booths consisted of school clubs, school sports, and local business sponsors.  The booths had a wide range of activities and handouts for the elementary students.  

     For school clubs, it was a great way to interact with their community.  FFA, DECA, FBLA, Math Honor Society, Latin Club, French Club, Sophomore Class and Spanish Club were some of the clubs there.  The sophomore class had activities such as Wacky Bowling where you throw a ball and knock down the soda cans.  If you knock down just a couple, you get a piece of candy.  French Club had an activity if you shot a ball through a hoop you received a popsicle.   DECA was giving out cotton candy and Math Honor Society had a guessing jar, if the person guessed the right number of tootsie-rolls then they won the jar.  These are just a few of the prizes and activities that elementary school students could participate in.  Local business partners such as IHOP were there to promote their business to the community; they had juice to hand out to everyone as they walked by.  They also served their famous funnel cakes.  When an elementary student would walk by they would make them a balloon and hand them a bag full of candy.  Community night is a great way for businesses and clubs to promote themselves and for everyone to enjoy their Friday night. 

     Mrs. Boleko, who was in charge of Community Night, did an amazing job and helped everything run smoothly.  Riverbend had a huge turnout because it was before the Riverbend vs. Brooke Point football game, and not only were elementary students there, but parents, middle, and high school students were too.  Mrs. Boleko said, “Community Night is a great way for elementary kids not to be scared to become a bear.”

Rebecca Statler and Deziree Jackson, Staff Writers