Excitement filled the halls of John Carroll on Monday, October 7 for Holiday Day to start the first day of the fun-filled Spirit Week.

Holiday Day was organized by grade into four separate categories of different celebrations.

Freshmen dressed up in their best Valentine’s Day gear, with tons of hearts and bows and arrows. Sophomores wore

Halloween-themed outfits including pumpkins, ghosts, and goblins.  Juniors wore Christmas outfits, including some with their best ugly Christmas sweaters, Christmas pajama pants, and Santa

hats. Seniors spread the patriotic spirit with Fourth of July outfits,

wearing red, white, and blue, carrying flags, and dressing up as bald eagles.

Students generally were very pleased with the holiday themes this year.

Junior Gianna Gargano said, “I have always found the concept of holidays to be quite appealing, and I really enjoyed the theme this year. I think that the seniors did the best dressing up because they had a wide variety of accessories they could incorporate.”

Students also got to look forward to the Advisory Block Party on Monday morning. This was officially the third year for this block party.

Advisories were asked to bring in snacks and open their doors to students to create a fun and friendly environment. The turnout was wonderful this year.

Junior Annabeth Hohman said, “I really like that we can walk around to other advisories; the freedom is my favorite part. I think my advisory brought the best snacks because we had

chicken minis and hash browns.”