One of Bronx River’s biggest events at the end of the school year is advisory field day, a day students in advisories compete to see which advisory is No. 1. The advisory teams compete in both indoor and outdoor events. The team that earns the most points wins.
Daniel Herguth’s advisory, Herguthtory, won last year. This year’s advisory field day will be on June 16, the last day of instruction. During the competition, students will wear advisory T-shirts designed by members in each advisory.
The competition is divided into two parts: Inside activities are held in the classrooms and include games like Guess the Song. The second part focuses on outside activities, such as a free-throw contest. Out there, students play games, such as the free throw contest. The activities are structured so that one half of the school is inside, while the other half is outside, avoiding overcrowding in the spaces.
The day starts off with regular first period class with a transition to town hall in the auditorium. Then, all students go to the cafeteria for lunch. Next, 11th grade and 12th grade go to outside while the 9th and 10th grades go to the classrooms. The grades switch areas around 12:30 p.m. After the competition ends, students head to the gymnasium where the winners are announced and students dismissed.
“The goal of field day is to build a school community through team building exercises,’’ Principal Greg Fucheck said.
Deyveion Parks is an optimistic freshman who’s excited for the games on field-day. “I think I’ll do my best in anything that has to do with athleticism because I’m very active,’’ he said.
He believes that his advisory will win because it has the most boys who are very athletic and play the most sports.
Nevaeh Robinson, a committed junior, says she’s excited because she gets to interact with her friends and compete with other teams. “I would do good in any activity that involves sports, except basketball because I’m not very good at it,” she said. Nevaeh thinks her advisory will win because they are smart girls and really competitive.
Kayla Corella, a sophomore, thinks field day is kinda boring because the games aren’t that fun, but she thinks she will be good at “the game where you catch the cotton balls and where you stack cups.”
“I would want to win because I don’t want to lose, especially since everyone is being competitive,” Kayla says.
Mehek Hassain, a hopeful freshman, says that she’s heard a lot from the students in the upper grades about the games on field day and that she’s excited to go mainly because she likes being outside and hanging out with friends. “I think my advisory can win because we aren’t that chaotic and we can work together,” she said.
