WOODBURY- This Friday, Nonnewaug students had their first pep rally of the 2025-2026 school year. At NHS, there are 2-3 pep rallies throughout the whole year and this quarter, students played games and participated in a color blaze.
For the incoming freshmen, this was their first time attending a pep rally.
Prior to the event, freshman Olivia Penrosa said, “I’m very excited for the pep rally because this pep rally is going to have potential to excite me for the other pep rallies.”
Although this was an entertaining event for the new incoming students, the returning upperclassmen also expressed their interest beforehand.
“I’m looking forward to all the games, like tug of war,” said senior Colton Albright. “That would be fun. They are enjoyable because the crowd gets very competitive and energetic.”
(courtesy of Rylee Gallicchio ’26)
The work behind it is what gives the NHS students a fun and competitive time at the pep rally. The student council at NHS is the group of people that create and organize the school-wide event.
”It is a ton of fun having a successful pep rally and anytime I’m able to increase school spirit and have fun is success,” said student council advisor Joshua Kornblut. ” One word to describe a pep rally is ‘energy’ because students come in with high energy and they come in with willingness to participate and have fun.”
The Student Council members also contribute to the planning and execution process of this event.
”The process is a little stressful in the beginning,” said senior Student Council member Ada Gorka, “and just trying to get everything in order. But once we have all the games set up and all the supplies, I would say it gets easier.”
The planning process is long but Gorka explained that it was worth it. “It is a good way to bring everyone together,” she said, “just have a little bit of fun and put all the school stress aside.”
After the pep rally, NHS students and staff were satisfied with how the event came out and how much fun they had.
“The games were good and we had a lot of energy,” said Penrosa.
“I think it was a success,” said Kornblut. “Many students came up to me saying they had a lot of fun, especially with the color blaze part of it.”
