Out of This World

Jupiter High wins first spirit flag

Cali Ruiz, Kai Race, and Wesley Hoyer

July 18, 2023

Jupiter students proudly display spirit flag after their first victory.

Jupiter High School started the week off strong, winning the first spirit flag at the opening session, on Tuesday, July 18. Jupiter quickly caught the eyes of the judges with their astronomical enthusiasm, making for a triumphant return to Camp Orlando.

“[We’re] louder than anyone else here. We’re more spirited than anyone else here. The best place to be is where we’re at,” Jupiter student Randy Prisendorf said, “[Spirit] means heart and determination. It means everything and anything.”

What earned Jupiter the flag was their ability to put their energy on display, “I lost my voice yesterday. But you know, I got it back today, [And I’m] getting ready to lose it again,” Jupiter student Ryan Senecal said.

While the students of Jupiter are admittedly loud and proud, winning the flag for the week takes much more than just that, “We’re looking for someone that has great journalistic promise. Someone that is willing to do things that they’re scared of. Someone that is creative, that tries their hardest, and is a good team player especially,” Camp Orlando alum Joey Mazur said.

Volunteers like Mazur are key to deciding who waves the spirit flag, “Be loud. Make your presence known. Do something that no other school is doing. Make sure you have something that shows your identity whether that’s a flag, your colors, something like that.” Camp Orlando alum Ramsey Odom said.

“We were pretty confident, but the ultimate goal is [to win] the biggest spirit flag. [This is] one small step for Jupiter, and one huge leap for mankind,” Senecal said.

Jupiter is determined to win the flag for the week, but students from other schools are ambitiously trying to claim the title for themselves, “We are going to win the spirit flag,” Boone student Ryah Blair said, “We are going to be hype tomorrow morning.”

Jupiter is the frontrunner, but tomorrow morning, the tides could turn. Winning the spirit flag doesn’t necessarily mean being the biggest or the loudest. By utilizing other skills, smaller schools can win the title. As anticipation builds, we look forward to seeing who will sign the flag next.

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About the Contributors

Cali Ruiz, Staff

Cali Ruiz, is a rising sophomore and staff writer for The Camp Orlando Chronicle. Utilizing her passion for musical performance and being a piano player herself, Cali specializes in writing entertainment news for Boone High School, aspiring to one day contribute her writing skills to the entertainment magazine “Rolling Stone.” Cali has been a long-time student of journalism with seven years of experience. “I joined my publication two years ago now, but my first journalism class was all the way in fourth grade.” Outside of school, she pursues her passion for swimming and surfing, contributing to her diverse portfolio.

Kai Race

Kai Race is a rising sophomore at Boone High School who embraces his love for basketball, Star Wars and his band, Buckett. This will be Race’s first year on staff for newspaper but is familiar with journalism as he did sports journalism his freshman year. Race is the guitarist and temporary singer in his home band, “Buckett” and is joined with friends who also plays the guitar and bass and hopefully a new drummer- as the previous one was recently fired. Race looks forward to improving his journalistic skills, but more importantly focusing on his band in the upcoming years. “[I look forward to] going on tour,” Race said. “I want to go out and show the world how great of a guitar player I am.”