By Jack Bretthauer – Staff Reporter

Jonathan Law celebrates Lawmas every December. This year for Advisory, Dean of Students Mr. Ragaini organized a door decorating contest. Also, on December 22, there will be a half-day schedule with activities and a student-faculty basketball game after. The Broadcast Journalism classes will also produce two Lawmas-themed videos for Eagle Eye News. Advocate Staff Reporter Jack Bretthauer interviewed Ragaini and Broadcast teacher Mr. Kulenych about these Lawmas activities.

JB: What is the plan for the Lawmas activities?

MR: The plan for our “Mingle and Jingle Lawmas SEL Day” is to kick off the holiday break with some fun activities that our students get to choose which activities they would like to be part of.  We will have a one hour block that will be broken up into two half hour sessions. Students will be able to sign up for two different activities. Some of the activities are as follows:basketball backyard games, ping pong, video games, karaoke, therapy dogs, Tik Tok room, gift wrapping, anime, holiday movies, painting and poetry, silent room, knitting bracelets – although these are not all. After these two sessions, we will have a student-faculty basketball game where the faculty will romp the students.  

JB: Is this going to be an annual event?

MR: That’s a great question. We are hoping to do this on the last day before break each year. We will probably have to make some tweaks and adjustments after this year.  I want to get feedback from the students once we get back to school in January and see if they enjoyed the event.

JB: What do you hope the kids get out of the activities?

MR: I hope all students take advantage of this day. We all know that everyone is feeling a little stressed and overwhelmed at this time of year. Hopefully, we can take a break from the fast pace and our studies to enjoy our first “Mingle and Jingle Lawmas Day”.

JB: What are the Lawmas activities you have planned this year?

MK: Each year, we produce two videos to celebrate the Lawmas season and we are continuing that tradition again this year. We are excited to debut this year’s rendition of “Twas The Night Before Lawmas” and a video that asks the Law community what they want for Lawmas this year. The Broadcast and Journalism classes have been working hard for the past couple of weeks to put both videos together and we hope they add some Lawmas cheer to the last week of school before break.

JB; What is your favorite segment out of those planned for this year’s Lawmas special and why?

MK: “Twas The Night Before Lawmas” is so much fun to write and produce as a class each year. It’s a whole-class effort and we try to make it as funny and heart-warming as possible. This year’s “Santa” is a fun one, so people will have to tune in and see how that person saves Lawmas.