by: Casey Furman '12
Are you a leader or a follower? Seventh graders had the opportunity to spend a day with the leaders of Paramus Catholic High School. The school invited six seventh graders, who were considered leaders, from local Catholic schools. At the end of the day, 160 seventh graders attended from 29 different schools. They spent the day with 35 PC ambassadors. When the seventh graders arrived, they were greeted by the Mr. Ryan Casey, Director of Administration, and Mr. Joe Wilson, Dean of Campus Ministry. The theme of the day was leadership, team work, and problem solving.
Students were placed in small groups and were supervised by the PC ambassadors. They played games like the human knot. They needed to work together to get a task done. The students had to figure out how to solve a puzzle, but there was a catch. One person was blindfolded, another was gagged, and a third had his hands tied. They needed to rely on others in the group to solve this puzzle. Mr. Casey stated, "This gives students the chance to have different Catholic schools work together, instead of always competiting." The seventh graders were vocal about the day and announced that they had a great day.
The school had a nice barbecue for the seventh graders, while listening to music from the PC Jazz Band. The critical significance of the day is to expose the seventh graders to the PC community. They were able to see the current students who attend and talk to the teachers. They later listened to speeches from important people in our school like Mr. Vail, President; Mr. Agostino, Principal; Mr. Wilson, Father Don, Chaplain, Ms. Cousins, English teacher, and Mr. Casey. They also heard from a few senior ambassadors. Everyone had a great day, filled with lots of smiles and laughs. The Administrators were very happy with the outcome of the day. Maybe they will be joining our PC community in the near future.
