On August 14th 2026, Redwood High School’s Associated Student Body, ASB, held its annual Icebreaker rally for the ‘26-’27 school year. ASB officials discuss the legacy and importance of the icebreaker rally.
With this year’s theme being construction and building the blueprint, Ava Dodson ‘28 says that “Our goal was to let everyone know that everyone leaves their own legacy, every single student, staff member, teacher, everyone leaves a legacy at Redwood’s campus, and is part of building this amazing school that we have.”
The theme also represented the lasting impact students can have at Redwood. Dodson also said, “And you leave Redwood knowing you left your mark, which was our biggest thing with the whole building the blueprint idea.”
With the push to leave a mark at Redwood, rangers were able to bring the theme to life through the activities and games at the rally.
Developing the theme took quite a bit of time, though. Adrian Lopez-Guzman ‘27 says ASB “had about a month and a half to work” on the rally, including giving up parts of summer vacation to make sure everything ran smoothly.
The hard work paid off, though, as Lopez-Guzman says that ASB got “a lot of positive feedback” for the rally. One thing Lopez-Guzman felt helped was crowd engagement, saying that they “really focused on crowd engagement” at this rally, “via games… little talks.”
The fall semester is filled with school events. Lopez-Guzman says that “the first rally is like a viewing point” for the rest of the school year. It sets “the standard of what [they’re] looking for in energy in people.”
Xavier Legaspi ‘27, the Vice President of ASB, says that the game that encouraged students to participate the most was “the raft game”. Legaspi says that most liked it, “because they didn’t have to volunteer because everyone was doing it at the same time.”
When it comes to engagement, Legaspi wants to continue all of the games for Cowhide and Homecoming too, “keep that energy going”. He said that sometimes, “people didn’t want to volunteer,” and just focused on adapting to encourage people to volunteer.
Overall, Legaspi is very excited to see how ASB can keep the energy throughout the school year, especially for all the new students.
Greer Olson
Greer Olson, '27, is in her fourth year of journalism and an editor for the Student Life section. She enjoys writing about Redwood culture and its diverse population.
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Ella Cain
Ella Cain '30 is a writer for Redwood Gigantea arts and entertainment section. She loves writing about the performing arts going on at Redwood.
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Cynthia Adame - Luna '30 is a first writer in journalism, for her first year she is in the Arts and Entertainment section. She hopes to write stories of the many artistic creates and events at Redwood.
Tatianna Diaz
Tatianna Diaz '30 is a first year writer for the student life section . She enjoys student life for the more variety of stories she can do.
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