New Friends and Connections: Redwood High School’s Icebreaker Dance

By Tristen Gaston

On August 14th, 2026, Redwood High School hosted their first dance of the school year. Students enjoyed swimming, dancing, mini games, and food stands.

While at the Icebreaker dance, Madison Castro ‘30, said that she had a lot of fun dancing with friends and “seeing people enjoy themselves.” Castro says that it was a good start to the school year.

The IceBreaker dance had good food and good music to dance too, it made students interact with new people and make more friends. Crew Anderson ‘30, said that he “got to make more friends and [he] ate food and danced” even with people he didn’t know.

The IceBreaker dance encouraged students to connect with each other and closer with all of their friends. Ava Altobelli ‘30, said the dance was “great, [she] had a lot of fun, and [she] connected with all [her] friends super well.” Altobelli says that she felt closer to her friends afterwards.

Kaydence Anderson ‘30, said that the dance was probably the most fun she’s had “so far in high school.” Anderson was, “dancing the whole time with [her] friend, and then had a lot of fun and got to make memories that [she] will probably remember for a lifetime.”

The Icebreaker dance made a first impression on the freshmen and students made amazing memories. Major Davidian ‘30, said “It was really fun. [He] got to see a lot of [his] friends from last year and make a lot of new ones. The pool was really fun to swim in and jump off the diving board with everyone and the food was good. They played a lot of songs that [he] knew and [he] was vibing.”

The Icebreaker dance made students see old friends and new ones and introduced student life to new students.

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