{"id":834,"date":"2018-07-12T17:35:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T17:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willistondev.wpengine.com\/?page_id=834"},"modified":"2025-09-04T15:39:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T19:39:04","slug":"activities-traditions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/home\/activities-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Activities + Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Activities
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Traditions? Yeah, we've got a few! Here are eight that every Wildcat loves.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]\n

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Willy Traditions <\/h1>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”435990″ img_size=”large”]\n
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Painting the Lion<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Located in the middle of our main quad, the lion often sports a new coat of paint on the night before a big game, campus event, holiday, or special day (like Willy Gras, our spring campus field day).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1020138″ img_size=”thumbnail-square” css=””]\n

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Singing the Sammy Song<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Belted out at sporting events, rallies, alumni gatherings, or any other time Wildcats are moved to sing. “Long may we cherish Williston!”<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1038054″ img_size=”thumbnail-square” css=””]\n

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Willympics<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Boarders and day students go for gold in a series of games ranging from rowing “canoes” across the Babcock Pool to lip syncing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1020122″ img_size=”thumbnail-square” css=””]\n

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Holiday Banquet<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At the end of this annual party, you’ll retire to the Head of School’s house for dessert and songs around the piano. Everyone heads home for the break full of holiday spirit. See photos here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]

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Activities on the Pond<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In winter, Williston Pond becomes an outdoor skating rink for pond hockey. In spring, it’s the scene for Willy Gras canoe races. Year round, it’s a living laboratory for bio students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1038056″ img_size=”thumbnail-square” css=””]\n

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Willy Gras<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Our annual celebration of spring pulls out all the stops with zany contests, fun foods, music, giant water slides, the debut of the yearbook, and a dunk tank.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1018087″ img_size=”thumbnail-square” css=””]\n

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Arts Walk<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At the end of each trimester, the Reed Campus Center comes alive for Arts Walk<\/a>, a night when the walls are lined with art, the galleries are filled with shows, and the air is filled with song.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1038060″ img_size=”thumbnail-square” css=””]\n

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Ringing the Victory Bell<\/strong><\/h3>\n

For whom does the bell toll? Victorious Wildcats, of course. After every athletic triumph, the winning team gathers round and strikes the bell to share the news. Expect to hear it often!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]

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Weekend Activities<\/h1>

There\u2019s so much going on on campus on the weekends (the play, the game, the bumper boats, the pool party) that you may not want to take the van to the movies or the mall or the orchard or the art museum\u2014but you could if you wanted to.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Student Leadership<\/h2>\n

We’ve got a bunch of ways to explore leadership at Williston: run for student council office, or try dorm proctor, club president, team captain or manager, international student mentor, peer educator, or admission<\/a> intern.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\n

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Williston Serves<\/h2>\n

Organize a blood drive, serve meals at a local Ronald McDonald House, motivate others to donate to our record-breaking food drive. Whatever your passion, you can make a difference here through Williston Serves<\/a>, our community service club.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Student Publications<\/h2>\n

This is your chance to write, edit, or take photos for the country’s oldest continually published newspaper, The Willistonian<\/em><\/a>. Or try your hand at art and literature and submit to Janus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[vc_single_image image=”1577″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1533062620252{margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #eeee22 !important;}”]\n

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Clubs + Organizations<\/h2>\n
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Join one of our many clubs, or start you own! Here’s just a sampling of clubs at Williston:<\/p>\n