Howdy Week: Warriors Wear Their Wackiest Attire

Tara Kurkal, Tiktok Account Manager| September 8, 2022

Gerald Helcel ’26 spent a Gru-eling eight hours in costume. There’s a one-in-a-minion chance of seeing this again. (Hadley Norris)

Westwood High School held a weeklong celebration of school spirit from Monday, Aug. 29 to Friday, Sept. 2 called “Howdy Week.” The week started with “Minion Day”, and led up to the first pep rally of the school year. One costume in particular stood out, Gerald Helcel ‘26 dressed up in an inflatable minion costume

“[Wearing the costume] was fun at the beginning of the day, but then progressing throughout the day it started getting tiring getting in and out of the [costume]” Helcel said.

Tuesday, Aug. 30 was for twinning with a classmate or friend, Wednesday, Aug. 31 was Western Day, Thursday, Sept. 1 was Adam Sandler Day, and Friday, Sept. 2 was School Spirit Day, as well as the first pep rally of the year.

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Watching the field, Souren Uchat ’26 and Viktor Nguyen ’26 from Team Slingshot practice driving their robot. Nguyen drove team Slingshot’s robot for the first time at this competition, and Uchat spent much of the time between matches teaching Nguyen the intricacies of operating the robot.

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Reading the barcodes of the books, Lulu Szeto '26 checks the bookshelves in the Library Great Room. Szeto was highly engaged in the event, organizing many books in this Outreach tradition. "I liked how we were able to organize and make it easier for people to find the books that they want to find," Szeto said. "I also just like organizing in general."

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Preparing new signs and posters for the tournament, Ethan Chen '27 and Amogh Badrayani '25 draw out careful directions for competition locations. The Westwood Bowl was run by student volunteers who helped from early morning to late in the night.

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In a deep state of concentration, Mrunali Rajiv ‘28 calmly smooths out the pinched edges of her pinch pot. Other members’ creations included jewelry dishes and mugs. “Making what you want and not having anyone telling you what to do is very therapeutic about art,” Rajiv said.

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