Despite the cold, icy weather, on Saturday, Feb. 1, the sophomore class pulled together their annual fundraiser, Trivia Night.

“We haven’t gotten the total numbers together, because we still have some expenses to pay, but we raised around $13,000,” said Assistant Principal Mandy Lewis.

Typically, Trivia Night has been known to raise between $10,000 and $15,000, so Lewis was very pleased with the outcome of the night.

“I thought it went really well, everybody seemed to enjoy themselves, and the questions were good. They were questions that both adults and students could answer,” Lewis said.

When asked how the turnout was compared other years in the past, Lewis reported there were more tables sold this year than in the past.

Taylor Rehmus, sophomore volunteer, also thought that attendance was surprisingly high.

“There were 40 some-odd tables, so I think that’s a pretty full and good turnout,” Rehmus said.

Much of the sophomore class volunteered their time Saturday night by waiting tables, grading trivia and putting data into spreadsheets for the final score. “

“My whole family was involved. My mom was running all of the spreadsheets and technology, so it just kind of fell into my lap that I should volunteer,” Rehmus said.

All proceeds raised will go towards the Class of 2016’s Senior Celebration following their graduation.

The annual Winter Carnival was held on the same day. Despite the weather conditions, the Class of 2017 managed to raise roughly $4,500 for their freshman fundraiser.

Assistant Principal Colleen Fields was very pleased with the outcome of the fundraiser, saying that she considered a successful carnival to raise anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000.

“I thought it was a very smooth carnival considering all of our snow days and the icy weather we had on Friday night,” Fields said.

When asked about her favorite part of the carnival, Fields said that she loved watching the freshman interact with the kids.

“It makes me very proud to see how responsive the freshman can be to the tiniest members of our community,” Fields said.

The freshman volunteers also enjoyed themselves at the carnival.

“I worked the face paint,” Maddie Hallums, freshman volunteer, said. “My favorite part was after I painted their faces. They seemed so happy!”

The freshmen are not the only ones to thank for a successful fundraiser, but also the parent volunteers.

“Our parents were awesome, and really the reason why so much of the carnival was a success,” Fields said.

“They work very hard for months to put all of this together, so I am incredibly grateful to them.”

All in all, the freshman’s winter carnival was a success, with $4,500 raised.