Barn Adventure Challenge Winners Declared!

The Barn adventure challenge has concluded! After a last flurry of activity on Monday, the points were calculated and the winners were declared. The RED TEAM (Asha, Cheyenne, Mijia, Sarah H-F, and Victoria) came in second place, with 185 points. The winning team, by a mere SEVEN points, was....

the GREEN TEAM! (Briana, Cynthia, Felicia, Riz, and Rowan H.) They've earned a three course meal prepared and served by their dorm parents. It seems likely that it will include steak and some very fancy dessert. Their team collage will also be framed in the common room! All members of both teams won a "get out of warning free" card. =)

Here is some of the "evidence" submitted as part of the quest:

1) Students were asked to write and perform a Barn related cheer or song at assembly:

2) They made snow monsters:

3) They saw how many words they could make from "I Love The Cambridge School of Weston." (The Red team made over 320 and the Green team over 400!)

4) You saw Green Team's music video in the last post. Here's the Red team's video:

whip the door

5) They were asked to write a Barn-themed sonnet. Here's the Red Team's:

Let not the matter of befouled dishes

Rend this dormitory of ours in twain

I need to make this damn line rhyme. Fishes!

Counting out ten syllables hurts my brain.

Some might say we have a few too many

But that's not true at all, if the zombies

Came in hoards we'd have the best of any

Dorm's chance at survival, it's true. Ombies. 

Shakespeare liked iambs. The Barn likes the sorbet

fruit things. Dorm snacks bring us together

after long hours of study. Ole!

We hope for more snow days and bad weather.

This sonnet has been lovingly written 

In hopes of victory. Want a mitten?

And the Green Team's:

We like to live at barn the greatest place
We love to dance and sing, away the stress
School gets tough but life is grate no disgrace
And when we sing, our heart goes ring for rest
Because my ears cant take the noise below
I sit, I run to keep my sanity
But Barn stays true with in everything games show
This challenge hurts my love for profanity
Cant wait until it ends, yes, lets go home
I wonder which team rule, oh yes Green
I love barn better, no matter the snow
No need to prove we’re great, lets be serene

Green team will always be the best my friend
We passed the test, all to the very end

6) They wrote Haikus about their dorm parents:

ORANGE TEAM'S:

Julia:

You are Julia

You play lacrosse and Soccer

We love you so much

Lee:

A mother you are

A mother to all us girls

And Toby as well

Jordan:

You are good at math

And play with your son Toby

We are glad your'e here!

Michael:

Michael likes to fish

Someday he will catch a fish

So he can feed us!

Melissa:

You make pretty glass

What will the baby be named?

It should start with "M"

Toby:

You run down the halls

And play with your trains with me

We love your laughter.

RED TEAM'S:

Julia
Julia is cool
Her name rhymes with cool-i-a
Thats 'cause she is cool

Michael
Michael lives upstairs
He will be a new daddy
Congratulations!

Melisa
She is Michael's wife
She is having a baby
How awesome is that

Lee
Lee, lee, lee, lee, lee
Her name has just three letters
But that is okay

Jordan
Jordan lives downstairs
With his one son and his wife
They are a great fam

7) They made human Barnie pyramids:

8) They took pictures of Gryphons around campus (The Blue Team found the most) and they took pictures of "secret" letters around campus to spell CSW. Here's the Red Team's:

Nice, huh?

They also drew portraits of dorm parents (and Toby!), made a Barn logo, made group collages, solved math and logic puzzles (Kudos to KyoungHee who solved ALL the math and logic puzzles!), collected and returned over 50 dining hall dishes, and figured out that Sarah is the most popular first name among CSW students.

All, in all, they were awesome.

And, even though the Orange Team didn't win, we think their Barn Song is ridiculously good, so we put it together with some Barn pictures from this year to make the following video:

Thanks to all who participated...we're really proud of your vibrant spirit and creative thinking!