Penny Wars!
For the third consecutive year, the Student Council has achieved success with their Penny Wars fundraiser! But what is Penny Wars? And why is it important for the school?
For the past three years, Penny Wars has been a fundraiser run by the Student Council in the fall, but where does the money go? All of the money from the past 3 years has gone to the High School’s Care Closet, which means that people’s spare change is being used to help their peers around the school! The money is used to provide students with essential school supplies, sanitary items, food, and other necessities they may not have access to outside of school. Some additional personal things that the Care Closet has done include purchasing a few yearbooks for those who are unable to obtain some of their own.
However, Penny Wars is not just a fundraiser; it is also a battle between classes. From Mrs. Peikert’s win 3 years ago, where she put all her money in on the final day, to Mr. Lundeen’s win this year, where his class demolished the competition with the insane amount of bank they brought to the table, Penny Wars has always had an innate sense of competition between classes. Take this year, for example, where Lundeen and Schultz were competing against each other for the trophy until the very end.
Although it may seem silly, Penny Wars allows students and teachers to engage with other classes at the end of the year and have something to root for when everyone is getting tired of school. A little bit of competition is sometimes just what a group of people needs to come closer together for a good cause.
This year, Wars ended up raising a massive amount of money compared to other years, with the total reaching almost $ 1,300. Some classes may have raised more than others, but every penny counted, and many courses employed different strategies in their effort to win. Mr. Schultz would tell his other classes that someone had put $82 in cash into his bin, which tricked other classes into thinking they weren’t in the running for the top three. However, in reality, Schultz had over $100 worth of pennies in his bin on the final day. Mrs. Schoen’s class, along with some others, waited until the second week to put their coins into the bin so that other classes wouldn’t know how much money they had.
All in all, this year’s Wars was truly an engaging battle to watch from behind the scenes. But now, the moment you’ve been waiting for…(drumroll please)
In 10th place, we had Olander with 2045 points
In 9th place, we had Pais with 2046 points
In 8th place, we had Ek-Pangerl with 2864 points
In 7th place, we had Sully with 4271 points
In 6th place, we had Doerr with 4546 points
In 5th place, we had Mr. Weibel with 7362 points
In 4th place, we had Schoen with 9471 points
In 3rd place, we had Orvik with 15232 points
In 2nd place, we had Schultz with 18272 points
In 1st place, we had Lundeen with 37870 points
Congratulations to our top ten! The Student Council hopes that Mr. Orvik’s class enjoyed their cookies and that Mr. Schultz and Mr. Lundeen’s classes enjoyed their donut and pizza party!
Brand new this year, the winning class is presented with a trophy engraved with their name and year. Not only did Lundeen’s class get to enjoy some sweet treats in 2nd hour, but they also got to take home a trophy for the next year!
We hope that everyone enjoyed Penny Wars this year and is excited for next year! Please enjoy a few pictures taken from this year’s Wars!!!
Many posters created by the Council were displayed around the school.
Lundeen and Schultz’s classes shared their rewards and had a pizza and donut party in the activities lobby. Lundeen’sclass was very excited about their win.
