![Alexander Oki ‘28 picks up trash in the lower parking lot Feb. 20. According to Keep America Beautiful, the majority of the trash found on both roads and waterways consists of fast food wrappers and packaging, receipts and plastic beverage bottles. Clubs like the National Honor Society (NHS) offer students the opportunity to earn service hours by cleaning up the trash in the parking lots. “[The trash] makes us look very unhygienic and unmotivated to be a proper school,” Emberlyse Vidal ‘28 said. “It makes us look like we just don't care about our students' environments.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260220_1355020-2-1200x904.jpg)
Walking through the doors of the school’s gym, the sounds of the Pep Band playing echo through the room. You find yourself staring as the Cheer squad stunts and creates formation, in front of them you see Poms performing their routines in front of the senior section.
You search for a spot amongst the packed bleachers of your grade, hoping to squeeze into a seat. As the music slowly stops playing, the next thing you see is Security Guard JT Adams, leading the “Whose House” chant, with hundreds of students echoing back.
This is the start of the Back-to-School Assembly.
media by Elly Brooks
Security Guard JT Adams starts off the assembly with the “Whose House" chant Aug. 18.