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A DeBakey Tradition: Field Day 2022!

By Athitiya Singhapan, Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions, School Buzz Reporter | April 15, 2022

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Debakey’s Sophomore Spirit team poses after their first-place victory!
A group of Junior (class of 2023) friends poses for a Field Day picture!
Mateo Modr waits in a long line for Oh My Gogi, a Korean-Mexican style food truck.
Debakey students playing the multi-player sweeper inflatable game.
A group of sophomore friends face off in a feisty game of SlapJack. From left: Prachi Kaur, Serin Kim, Iniya Gopal, and Aminah Hasan.
From left: Fatima JuarezArchundia and Josefina Gomez face off in a board game.

Beware the ides of March, for just a few days shy of it, you’ll expect to see some cRaZy omens around DeBakey High School for Health Profession’s hallways! An electric zing of excitement lingers in the air, and it’s so tangible that I could’ve sworn it left my uniform’s fabric singed.

Lions roam the halls - well, students who are brave enough to replace memories of their daunting F’s for a well deserved F….ield Day, that is. Pools of students gather and plot mysterious schemes…... schemes on what strategies they should use to bring their class to victory of course! Teachers whisper, because it seems as if it’s the first day of school all over again. The fun, the sun, and the rain. Field day at DeBakey has become a day that represents what schools exist to be - an institution for a barrel of monkeys, duh!

Why don’t I show you around the various terrains of the jungle of Field Day? How I shifted from Shakespearean metaphors to a jungle setting…. that I cannot understand either. Anyways, this Shakespearean-jungle day offers a variety of activities for students to choose from. Why not face off in a board/card game against our future surgeons…. they sure do have nifty hands!

Not only that, but test your stability in the ultimate sweeper inflatable game. It will for sure sweep you off your feet for field day!

If you’re craving a little somethin’, the myriads of food trucks will be sure to keep your stomachs full. Mateo Modr, a sophomore Debakian, said the following about his order: “The Korean food that I had during field day was delicious. The foods’ taste was combined together perfectly and their service was impeccable.” Sounds like a five-star rating to me!

Down for a little boogie? At the end of the day, each of DeBakey’s classes (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) competed in a Spirit team dance competition. We may be “wise fools,” but after weeks of after-school practices, Sophomores took home the bragging rights for a first-place victory!

Overall, Field Day was a day filled to the brim with smiles and exuberance, quite comparable to an overstuffed jelly doughnut! High school only happens once, and this year’s field day will be one that all Debakey students will cherish for years to come.