Coyote Day is One of the Oldest GWCS Traditions

Coyote Day is one of the oldest GWCS traditions.  Its roots?  On May 4^th, 2000, the sophomore class pooled together and bought a statue of a coyote.  That morning at school, the statue was presented to the staff, a congratulations cake was unveiled and devoured, and the balance of the day was spent outside, primarily in a marathon game of students and staff wiffle ball.  Chris Otchy homered four times to the amazement of all in attendance.  Around noon a delegation of shoppers went to giant for several packs of hotdogs, and a grilled lunch became part of the day.

Over the years, Coyote day has moved to the Friday closest to May first, has taken various shapes in various locations, but has always stayed close to its original spirit:  Teachers, students, grilling, eating hotdogs, and wiffle ball!  Even though the original Coyote Day activities were shared by the entire school and the current form is only for freshmen and sophomores, the numbers are similar.  This year there were more underclassmen in the school than there were students during year one!

Staff and students were divided equally into four teams.  Mr. Hartman, Mr. Connelly, Mr. Pereira, Mr. Muntu, and Mr. Goldie lead the teams while Ms. Bowen orchestrated everything else.  We rotated round-robin style playing each other in hockey, basketball, frisbee football, and (of course) wiffle ball.  Every team won three or four games, everyone had a chance to eat hotdogs and cake, and everybody had a great time.  There was even a short period after lunch when many of the kids were able to walk up the hill and play on the swings for a little while.  In the end two things were clear.  Coyote Day is a blast, and Trent Trible owned the basketball court!

Until next year, “Happy Coyote Day!”