Walking in the hallway, a passerby could see students all dressed in black or wearing pajamas this week. Different themes that are set to wear for each grade level throughout the week. Students don’t have as high of numbers in participation as in the past.

On the first day of spirit week, PJ day, freshman students had the most participation with 122 freshman dressing up in their pajamas. Seniors had the next most participation with 118 students dressing up. The juniors and sophomores were about even with 88 and 78 students dressing up, respectively.

The second day of spirit week, St. Louis sports fan day, seniors had the most participation with 100 students dressing up in their favorite sports gear. Freshman finished last this time, with only 86 students participating. Sophomores and juniors both finished with 88 students dressing up.

Through the first few days grades with the highest amounts of participation in spirit wear still barely get above a third of the grade to participate. The lack of participation could stint from few amounts of publicity, themes that students don’t want to participate in or little reward for participating.

One idea is changing the dress code of the day to something that more people have. For example, the sophomores color for grade level color day was hot pink. There aren’t many guys with hot pink clothes in their closets. Something more reasonable, like red, would be easier for everyone to participate.

Another idea is advertising more for spirit week. Things such as bright posters in front of water fountains would constantly remind people of what to wear. Publicity would remind students what is happening during the week and get students talking about participating when they see the posters.

Another idea would be giving small candies, like a single tootsie roll or starburst, to people who dress up correctly. Rewards like this don’t need to be big because the effort it takes to dress up isn’t a lot. A reward would encourage students to keep up the spirit.