0
0
by Caden Clawson
NS will be holding their yearly Hawkstock on May 27th. This will be the first time in two years that they will be able to hold it.
Activities will start at 9 a.m. and go to 2 p.m. and will include softball, powderpuff, corn hole, Just Dance and more.
One activity that will be different from other years is that yearbooks will be arriving later, so they will not be here in time for Hawkstock.
“A lot of people come to sign yearbooks,” said Parker Lee, student body activity agent. “But this year, they’re not going to be ready in time, so we’re going to get a paper and hand it out that they can insert when they get their yearbooks that they can sign for everyone.”
Most current students at NS have yet to experience a normal Hawkstock. Last year’s Hawkstock was canceled due to COVID-19, and the year before that, it was rained out.
“It’ll be kind of weird,” said Riley Madsen, student body vice president. “The seniors are the only ones that ever have had like an actual Hawkstock, so I think it’ll be exciting for a lot of the younger classmen.”
Planning Hawkstock this year was made more difficult because of this, though.
“We’re a little behind, just simply due to things changing so quickly,” said Rickie Stewart, student government advisor. “We’ve added some new activities, and that’s going to take some extra planning. Overall, it feels like another year of Hawkstock preparation.”
This year’s SBOs and class officers have planned to make this Hawkstock as fun and as close to normalcy as possible.
“As a group, we’ve planned to try and make this fun because we’ve never really had a Hawkstock,” said junior Dante Lowe, “so we’re working on trying to make it as normal as possible.”
Hawkstock will be closer to normal than previously thought with lessening of COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines. Students will not be required to wear masks while attending Hawkstock.
“As of right now, we will proceed as we have planned,” Stewart said. “As we get closer, we will adjust if necessary.”
Some worries about Hawkstock include COVID-19 and the weather, but other worries are about people having fun.
“I just really hope people come out and have a good time,” Lee said. “That’s my only real worry.”
Hawkstock will come after a year full of difficulties and will end the year on a good note for NS.
“I don’t think anything can really make up for not having all that stuff,” Madsen said. “We missed out on a lot just because we weren’t able to do it. So I don’t think that Hawkstock can make up for it, but it will definitely help us end the year on a good note. It’ll be something fun that we can remember.”
