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This past Friday afternoon, on the turf at Pifer Field, the Evergreen Local School District held their inaugural “Passing of the School Spirit” event, explained as “From the Class of 2025 to the Class of 2037, we pass our Viking Pride to you.”  Evergreen Kindergarten teacher, Amber Hansel, organized the event after seeing a Facebook video of a school in Texas that had a similar event. 

“I shared it on Facebook to see what kind of response I would get from the staff and community members I am friends with.  They loved it so I brought the idea to the kindergarten team.  They were on board and the event took off from there!  It was a team effort for sure,” she explained.  “A group that included the kindergarten team, Mrs. Brown, Mr. Ruffer, Mr. Smola, Mr. Hendricks, MVP, and Amber Mossing (Athletic Boosters) collaborated through email to hammer out details.  Mr. Ruffer put me in touch with Brynn Trumbull, a senior representative of the Spirit Squad to work with.  She helped with choosing the song we played and deciding what ‘gift’ they would give to the kindergarteners.  She also created the flyer we shared on social media and Parent Square, met with the seniors during enrichment to tell them about the event, and with the help of Addison Kiefer coordinated a group of, I think 23 seniors, to paint the spirit rocks before the event.”

The kindergarteners walked over to Pifer Stadium from the elementary school and lined up along the goal line on the East end of the field.  The seniors entered the stadium from the high school parking lot and lined up on the goal line on the West end of the field.  After the newest Vikings were asked several spirit-related questions to test their Evergreen Viking knowledge, both groups walked toward each other, hand in hand, and met at the 50-yard line.  There the seniors passed a spirit rock to each of the kindergarten students and got to know a little bit about them.

“I feel this event really helped spark pride and excitement in being a Viking for our kindergarteners.,” said Ms. Hansel.  “It helped give them a glimpse of what they will be able to experience in the future and a connection to the older students.  I know it was extra special for one of my students because he has a brother that is a senior this year.  Seeing them together on the field was something I won’t forget!”

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