Imagine the challenge of creating a LEGO model, from scratch, with only a single picture as a guide. That was the task for the class representatives. The LEGO Building event, following Hallway Decorating and Trivia Night, became the third of the ongoing competitions under Battle of the Classes. In groups of five, each grade had two rounds to represent their class’s ability in strategy, teamwork, and communication.
The Student Council Board organized this event based on a similarly-themed activity that took place two years ago. Unfortunately, the freshmen—despite having originally signed up—were again a no-show, as they have been in the past few events. In any case, for round one, students were given ten minutes to recreate the frog in the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 set with only the picture for reference. Each round was judged by Ms. Sinyee Muglia, from the Counseling Center, and Mr. Mike Glackin of the Social Studies Department.
“It was just a tiny bit more stressful than Trivia, because you’re working in an all-hands environment, but I loved it. I love this,” said Andres Rafael Zamora ‘27.
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(From left) Sophomores Joshua Raj ’28, Kaiqi Yuan ’28, Catherine Dharmawan ’28, Tianna Luong ’28, and Ann-marie Gonzalez ’28 work on building the LEGO parrot without instructions. Their final product ended up winning round two.
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Despite being ranked third, seniors (from left) Joy Jiang ’26, Pavithra Kalaivanan ’26, Niyathi Emmadi ’26, Kayen Lo ’26, and Janvi Naik ’26 showed team effort and class spirit.
The round one rankings ended with the Class of ‘27 first, followed by the Classes of ‘26 and ‘28, respectively. After observing the students’ struggle, the time allotted to contestants was increased, and a 30-minute time limit was set for the second round.
“My favorite part was probably during the last ten minutes when everyone was rushing. It was super hype, so I really liked that part,” said Joshua Raj ‘28.
For round two, students were challenged to build the parrot, another option from the same 3-in-1 LEGO set. Teams were allowed to switch up their members, as long as they still had a total of five and remained within their grade level.
Clutching the final round, the sophomore class tied with the juniors for first place. Although a third round couldn’t take place due to timing constraints, students still had a great time bonding with friends.
“You guys missed out,” said Pranita Uthayakumar ‘26. “This is fun. If you want to bond with people more, you have to come to these events.”