2025 Courtwarming

Lea Pinkelman, Class of 2025

As high school students, courtwarming week is always a time we look forward to. During Courtwarming Week, we get to dress up in all kinds of fun outfits based on the theme, and we really go all out! This year, our theme was the Courtwarming Games, inspired loosely by the Hunger Games series. 

The first day we got to dress up was called district day! For district day, we split the classes so we can see who is really willing to come out and show their school spirit. The seniors were hunters, juniors were farmers, sophomores were lumberjacks, and finally, the freshmen were animals. It’s a ton of fun to see what kind of outfits people are going to come up with for these kinds of days, and tons of people always surprise you with their creativity. On Tuesday, the theme was President Snow Day. There were a lot of snow pants and ski gear, and it turns out that a lot more of our students like to ski and snowboard than anyone would ever know. Wednesday was called Capitol Day. There wasn’t any dressing up, and everyone wore their uniforms because it was a mass day, but of course, we still gave the day a fun name to go along with the theme! By the time Thursday came around, everyone was super excited because it was Mockingjay Day! For the day, everyone was supposed to match or pair up with someone, and many people had some awesome ideas that would have been great to see. Unfortunately, it snowed Wednesday night into Thursday, so we’ll never know who the best-dressed duo would have been. Our final day was called Tribute Training Day; this was our opportunity to wear our purple and gold and show our finest school spirit. On this day, the Courtwarming Royalty visited elementary schools to speak with the children and engage with other parts of the Academy community.

The royalty also paid a visit to the Saint Gianna Early Childhood Center, which ended in tears, but was still a lot of fun. For lunchtime, the seniors got to go to the Senior Luncheon, where Chipotle catered, to everyone’s pleasure. On Friday, we also had our big Courtwarming Pep Rally, where we made a special addition to the Eagle family. During the pep rally, there was a lovely retirement speech read for our dear mascot, Eddie, and a big, warm welcome to our new mascot, Edgar. I was lucky enough to be asked to read the speech for Edgar, and thanks to his flashy personality, everyone was super excited to meet him, and interviewing him turned into a lot of fun. The pep rally game was a lot of fun as well, as six people from each class got to participate in a sort of relay, where there is a ton of yelling and cheering, because who doesn’t want their class to win? The seniors ultimately won the pep rally and went out with a victory. 

Friday night was the big courtwarming basketball games against Savannah. Unfortunately, the girls did not win, but the boys got their courtwarming win! Between the games, the courtwarming royalty was crowned by the king and queen from 2024. Chris Miljavac was crowned king by Kayla Beam, and Demi Swope was crowned queen by Davis Jungbluth. After the game, most people went and hung out with friends or family, closing out the fun of courtwarming week with the people who make them happy. 

Courtwarming week is something students have always looked forward to, and I hope next year everyone has just as much fun!