Slip Awards

At the end of every year, we have about a week of fun and festive events. The Scattergood Awards Show, which includes Senior Wills and Bequeaths and Slip Awards among others. That night, everyone dresses up and a traditional Scattergood dinner is served. After dinner has been cleaned up, everyone gathers in our Social Room where a podium and chairs have been set up. We give students and staff time to mill about for a little while commenting on each others outfits and in what category students and staff will win awards this year. The scene loosely resembles a night at the Academy Awards, without the million dollar dresses and tons of photographers and stars.

The show begins with a Master of Ceremonies, usually a staff member who is willing to make a fool out of him/herself, giving a little speech or comedy routine about how the school year went and how hard it was to pick winners for the awards. Awards are then presented by staff and students who have been given their section of the script ahead of time. We often have at least two people who relate to the theme of the award presenting (ex. the winner of the award last year, the most well-known couch potato awarding the most active student or staff member). The 'awards' are not traditional trophies but rather something much more valuable to our students: candy!

The night ends with the Senior Wills and Bequeaths. As a group, the senior class writes a will for every member of the class except for themselves. One never knows what creative thing the seniors will come up with, sometimes it is a personality trait; sometimes a tangible object. Though this moment could be a sad one, it always ends with everyone laughing and gives each senior a memory they will never forget.