The Class Cup first quarter reward party took place for the winners, the seniors, on Thursday, Nov. 15 during first block.

The reward party consisted of skipping first block to have breakfast, listen to music and participate in open gym activities. Student Leadership Team coordinator Erin Hayes described it as a “time to relax as a class.” The seniors of SLT choose the reward.

Senior Josh Russell felt that the party could have been planned better.

“They were very underprepared food-wise, they ran out of food before the girls got there,” Russell said. “I would’ve rather stayed home for first quarter.”

In the future, SLT plans to get board approval for late arrival as a Class Cup quarter reward. If approval is given, the reward for future quarters would be to allow students to sign in any time during first block

Sophomore Raven Hodges likes the idea of coming in late for a reward.

“Late arrival sounds cool. We tried hard to spend time to show spirit at games, so it makes sense that our reward would be getting time back,” Hodges said.

According to Hayes, the Class Cup has achieved its goal of increasing school spirit.

“It’s had a good first quarter. I’m really excited about it,” Hayes said. “This is my fifth year at Mill Valley and this is the year that I’ve seen the most spirit. I think adding the competition really helped.”