Events
“Battle Week is a school-wide tradition that combines spirit, service, and competition under one big theme—like Nickelodeon vs. Cartoon Network. Throughout the week, the campus is transformed with decorations that match the theme, while classes earn points by taking part in dress-up days and contributing to a school-wide service project. The week builds up to a closing assembly where each team has one last chance to compete, with students from all across the school stepping up to represent their class. At the end of the assembly, the team (or even the staff) with the fewest points faces a fun consequence in front of everyone, like being slimed. This mix of creativity, community, and competition makes Battle Week a highlight of the year.”
Nala W. (Cimarron-Memorial High School)
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Reply: “Since we are such a small school we do a k-12 pep rally where we team up older kids with the younger kids and do an activity to bond the younger and older kids.”
Anna R. (Smith Valley HS)
“Each day during our spirit weeks, we host fun lunch activities on the stage. We make sure to include at least one food day and one craft day each week. Our students especially love when there’s a sweet treat involved, and some past favorites have been chocolate-covered strawberries, lemonade, and an ice cream bar. Craft days are always a big hit too, and we’ve made friendship bracelets for Twin Day, decorated sunglasses with beads, and created DIY bookmarks.”
Johana G. (Durango High School)
“Shadow Ridge High School hosts an annual yellow out to honor a student that passed away a couple years ago. The event is called Click-It-For-Hill! This annual yellow out is more then just every student wearing yellow, it’s a campaign for students to focus on road safety (specifically wearing your seatbelt) relating to the student’s specific incident. This is a simple yet great way to bring awareness to situations that very well could be a reality.”
Olivia S. (Shadow Ridge High School)
“For Homecoming 2025, we decorate the backgate of our school. This year since our theme was Vintage Vegas we decorated with cards, lights, and tablecloths to the gate to secure them.”
Eleanora B. (Sierra Vista High School)
“At West Wendover, we have a great assemble event for class of the year which is a lip sync and what it is the class has to make a song and basically lipsync the songs and the judges will judge each class. this is super fun and gets our classes involved in hoco and gets people out of their comfort zone “
Nana Y. (West Wendover High School)
“We did an awesome halloween carnival and got our community together.”
Ariana G. (Pershing County High School)
“Similar to UNR we do a lunch event called “Hawk it down” where we give out free pancakes to students just to show appreciation towards them”
Frida R. (Hug High School)
“Have a bunch of the kids from different elementary schools over to go get candy for free in the halls. We call it trick or treat in the halls. It’s super fun and a bunch of kids come from the community.”
Halle H. (Spanish Springs High School)
“Pink Out Dance! A casual spring dance that raises money for breast cancer along with moms on the run and everyone wears pink.”
Cassidy G. (Reno High School)
“We do finish that song during assembly’s between the classes.”
Karmen H.A. (Sparks High School)
“Something that we do to involve students with disabilities is hold an event during Seminar/Homeroom in the gym where players from our Varsity football team will get together and train with the students for 2 weeks to participate in a football-themed competition. They participate in games that involve throwing balls through hoops or running to an end zone area with the football players acting as the student’s coaches. Everyone at school is invited to watch and they all love it! ”
Emilliano G.M. (Earl Wooster High School)
“Mustang roundup (8th grade tours and introductions)”
Kaitlyn K. (Damonte Ranch)
“My school did an halloween carnival a bunch of people came and we did a drop a duck fundrasier. ”
Magdalena R. (Pershing County High School)
“During our Sadies/Valentines spirit week, we host a Valentine’s Market. This is a collaboration between student council as well as all of other clubs on campus. After school, this market takes place for students to hangout and check out each club stand. Clubs can sell food or any other goods as a way to fundraise for their own club. We also play music in our quad while this event takes place. Overall, it is an amazing event that gets clubs and the student body involved.”
Chhaya P. (Liberty High School)
“A fun event we have at my school is the Christmas Mug Exchange! On the last day before Christmas break, everyone brings a mug to participate. We all sit in a circle and listen to the “Left-Right” story, where the words left and right appear throughout the story. Every time one of those words is read, everyone passes their mug in that direction. By the end of the story, each person has a different mug to take home for the holiday break. It’s a lot of fun and a great way to celebrate together. Student Council also provides mugs for students who aren’t able to bring one, so everyone can join in.”
Anna R. (Smith Valley High School)
“On August 20th, National Lemonade Day, our student council at lunch servers a cup of lemonade to all of our students who bring there own cup (BYOC). If they are unable to bring a cup we charge $2 for a cup of lemonade. This event has one of the most amounts of participation within our student body. Its a super simple event to set up we use our sports team water chugs to carry the lemonade and buy the lemonade water mix to make this happen. We also take it a step further and make it more interactive by telling out students that if they bring a lemon to school. They can get a cup of lemonade as well, this lets the students create designs and drawings on the lemon too. Its a super great event to help jump start the year and server your student body.”
Ashton D. (Liberty High School)
“Battle of the Bands | This is a district wide event my school puts on every year around march when there isn’t many spirit activities going on. Within this event we invite bands, teacher performers, student performers, and sometimes even family performers from around the district but also around the state to come and perform at a competition at our school to perform at a venue called the Holland Project. The Holland Project is an organization we collaborate with every year to put on this event and they are a community based organization that strives to protect and celebrate local and upcoming artists/bands within the greater Reno area and beyond! This event is such a good way to get people exposed to new music and is a great way for musicians to put themselves out there and for the students and community of Spanish Springs to have a great show for the evening!”
Eric S. (Spanish Springs High School)
“At Southwest Tech, We do a Trunk-or-Treat event where we invite the surrounding community, friends, & family to come join us for fall fun! We also encourage our clubs to participate in the ‘trunk’ portion so more people are there to give candy and add to the spooky, fun, joyful environment.”
Aibreen Luke T-Q. (Southwest CTA)
“Each year during Homecoming Week, our council puts on a field day called Hoco Olympics! Each class is split into different colors and competes against each other in a variety of fun games and challenges. Some of our events include eating competitions, volleyball tournaments, running relays, and fun water games. Students spend the day competing, cheering on their classmates, and showing off their school spirit. It’s a fun tradition that gets everyone involved and brings the whole school together!”
Charlotte L. (Laughlin High School)