2022年10月7日

There was undeniable school spirit in the air on the morning of September 17 as parents, 工作人员, and students began setting up for a long-awaited event: Homecoming 2022. 92街, 哪家上午关门了, 显示巨大的, 蓝色的, 画了几个字母，上面写着“夜鹰加油”!和“展现你的精神。!到早上9点.那天早上我, 92街 had transformed; the trees were wrapped in navy and white streamers; tote decorating, 标志制作, and face painting stations were set up and ready; and 游戏 like giant Jenga and cornhole awaited their first play.

While Homecoming festivities on 92街 were just getting started, one of Nightingale’s 运动s teams had already secured a win the day before. 在周五, 9月16日, varsity tennis won in a tiebreaker 7-5 thanks to the doubles team, 哪一场是决定性的比赛.

能量是显而易见的。. 学生和家庭都很享受这个早晨, 尝试各种活动, 拍照, 装修摩托车, 用粉笔在街上画画, 和更多的. 一旦庆祝活动开始, some 社区成员 ventured up to the seventh floor to see JV volleyball spike off against Hewitt in the Susan Hecht Tofel ’48 Gymnasium resulting in a win in two sets: 25-20 and 25-14.

回到92街, 社区成员, 还有夜鹰, gathered behind a big navy and white Nightingale banner to parade to Central Park. Some students were seen excitedly zooming through the parade with their newly-decorated scooters.

Shortly after families found their spots on a hill and along the sidelines of one of Central Park’s North Meadow fields, varsity cross country races and the varsity soccer game against Hewitt was underway.

“We ended up winning by quite a lot which was a really exciting and rewarding finish to the race,大学越野运动员萨宾23年分享道. “这是我在皇冠体育app的最后一次返校, I am so glad we were able to add the cross country element to all of the day's activities and have so many of our peers show up to support us along the way!”

The varsity XC ran two teams of five runners in a 5x1 mile relay around the North Meadow. 同时为接力赛的表现感到骄傲, Cross Country Coach Hallie Nicoll shared that she was most proud of seeing Nightingale and Hewitt’s whole XC team warm up together and run the course as a warm up.

“They showed great sportsmanship and really portrayed an example of how running bonds people and brings them together—even during competition,” Ms. Nicoll说.

Back on the soccer field, varsity soccer scored another win for Nightingale, beating Hewitt 6-1.

“I was so proud of all of the players at the Homecoming soccer game. Not only did it remind me of the thrill that comes with being part of a school team, but it also brought me back to what Nightingale Homecomings have always been about—community and joy,校足球队经理维多利亚. ”23日共享. 在游戏开始的时候, the team performed their ‘magic’ routine where a player on the team goes in the middle of a huddle of jumping teammates and screams: ‘Can you feel the magic?!“在那场比赛中，我真的感受到了魔力, and it carried over into really good plays and great communication on the field.”

“The game was one of our best 游戏 for sure,” varsity soccer player Annabelle G. “24共享. “We all walked over to Central Park together and used face paint to show school spirit. 比赛一开始，我们就全力以赴了, and we scored 5 goals in the first 15 minutes of the game.”

回到校舍, 大学排球队为皇冠体育app赢得了又一场胜利, 以25-11战胜休伊特, 25-10, 和25-18.

在返校节之后, 各家各户开着食品车继续庆祝, 游戏, 和音乐.

就在这一天结束之前, 社区成员 ventured up to the seventh floor for another volleyball game. However this time, Nightingale 女校友 and professional 社区成员 competed.

“There were so many highlights of the day it is hard to choose one,田径主任阿曼达·塞西尔说. 话虽如此, the 女校友 and ProCom volleyball game packed the gym with current students, 现在的父母, ProCom, 女校友, 女校友 families…really everyone that is a member of our community. The feeling of community and belonging was so evident in the gym.”

Ms. Cecil continued: “Homecoming was a great day for the entire school. 我们所有的团队都有一个成功的一天, Nightingale families from all divisions experienced our 运动 program and students got even more excited for when they can play in Homecoming in the future. The pure joy of being a Nighthawk was certainly seen on 92街 and in Central Park that day.”