This year, our school welcomed a new spirit director: James Olshey. The spirit director is one of the most important jobs in the school; for this year, it’s only fair if we know who this person is. 

Olshey took the role as spirit director just this school year, but he said, “Technically I’ve only really been doing stuff since like the start of summer, but I started helping out Charlie with his stuff before the election last year even began. We are good friends, so I would go into Leadership sometimes and help him out. He would show me the ropes, and he also let me help with a couple of assemblies, which is cool.” 

Like any other school leader, he hopes to “unite the whole school” and “find ways to entertain everyone and keep the whole school connected.” Many look at their inspirations to be their family members, but, for Olshey, it was the previous spirit director, Charlie Crandall. Olshey had experiences that prepared him for the role. He explained, “All the marketing classes I take with Mr. Hill and Mr. Anders. Those require you, a lot of the time,to get up in front of the class and present, so being able to present and build those skills in the last four years has been really helpful.” What, though, is Olshey going to do for the student body this year? “I’m trying to get new tournaments for new games across all genres, hopefully at least once or twice a month,” remarked Olshey. Clearly, he has the drive to make this year astounding.