Senior Carnival
Children shriek with excitement, air seeps steadily out of inflatables, and seniors encourage
students to try a variety of carnival games. Senior Carnival came and went in one exciting whirlwind of a day, and after the dust settled, everyone involved could agree that it was one of the best ones yet. The seniors ran the carnival for CAL students from 7:30am to 4:00pm. Everyone gave their all to their assigned jobs. The seniors assigned to the velcro-wall tirelessly flipped kids upside down, despite their aching arms, and the seniors assigned to less thrilling activities did their best to maintain an energetic attitude. Indeed, Senior Saxby S. yelled, "Do you have the luck of the duck?!" at every person that passed her duck pond. Several seniors devoted themselves to choosing the best possible music for the carnival and succeeded to such a degree that sophomore, Caroline Husband, asked, "Why can't they use the Senior Carnival playlist at Homecoming?" Seniors didn't just give their maximum effort to the carnival, but also relinquished their personal comfort. The brave souls that volunteered for the dunking booth had to endure being soaked on a cloudy, blustery day. They were all throughly chilled, but no one backed out because they were really entertaining people. Some seniors could even use their talent to benefit the carnival. The AP Art students stayed at the carnival all day painting really random things on children. Lydia C. said she wasn't even sure what to paint when a customer asked for an "African Pygmy hedgehog." Instead, she just painted a normal hedgehog, and the child was pleased. The excitement of the underclassmen is really what makes the senior's effort worthwhile. Senior Talia R. commented that her favorite part of carnival was "watching the kindergartners and first graders
come outside, because of the excitement on each one of their faces." She spoke for a lot of
seniors, who understand that Senior Carnival is one of the craziest, most magical days of the
year for little kids. The experience was well articulated by fourth grader Caroline G., who said, "I think it's like heaven," when asked what she thought of this Senior Carnival. The fun of Senior Carnival was not limited to CAL students this year. After the fundraising part of carnival, the carnival opened for free to disadvantaged families and children with special needs. This took place from 4:00 to 6:30pm, and the students who ran it were all volunteers. This ending part of Senior Carnival held many sweet moments, and of course, lots of excitement over all the fun activities that those children hardly ever get to do. It gave Christian Academy seniors the chance to participate in local missions work and give all invited children a fun carnival, while showing the love of Christ to their families.
