By Charlotte Rascoll – Staff Reporter

Jonathan Law’s annual Brain Bowl is rapidly approaching and members of the National Honor Society are working hard to make it perfect.

Preparing for the Brain Bowl includes more work than people are able to see. Members of NHS meet after school every Thursday, and for the past month and a half, have been working hard to prepare for the event.

NHS Advisor Mrs. Goldbeck said there are many steps that must be taken for a successful Brain Bowl to occur.

“All of the members are working on committees to bring the Brain Bowl to fruition,” Goldbeck said. “The committees include advertising, question creation, video creation, and logo design.”

Certain steps are taken in order to have a successful Brain Bowl this year, including establishing a timeline for certain tasks to be finished.

“I am sure as the date closes in, we will all be feeling the pressure,” Goldbeck said.

The members have been doing their best this year keeping up with preparations and getting them done.

“I think that we’re doing really well in terms of preparation,” senior Sara Moshirzadeh said. “ I think the group of kids who stepped up this year have also been really important, we got the questions done pretty quickly, and the video was done wonderfully.”

This year the theme of the Brain Bowl is “The Hunger Games.”

“A lot of people are liking the theme this year and I think it’s what’s getting people to work more behind the scenes or even take the preliminary test,” Moshirzadeh said.

Donations made for the Brain Bowl go to brain cancer Research. Students are encouraged to donate in order to help their team gain points.

 “What I enjoy about preparing for the Brain Bowl is that we are making a fun event for the school community and raising money for a good cause in brain cancer research,” senior member Chris Deprofio said. “Overall, this is a great event that everyone in the school enjoys, and it also helps us contribute to helping find a cure for brain cancer.”

Members of NHS are challenged to come up with ideas and get creative while prepping. 

“I enjoy all the advertisement things,” junior member Olivia Pisacane said. “Making the posters and creating ideas is so fun.”