by Miles Eller and Giuseppe Palmer, staff writers
After years of trying, Galileo held its very first “Movie Night” in the auditorium. With Halloween approaching, the ASB officers and ASB advisor, Mr. Seligson decided to make the first one a “spooky movie night”, showing “Happy Death Day” on October 27th from 3-5pm.
The event was an overall success, with over 150 people showing up to enjoy the movie, going above expectations from a lot of the ASB members. “It went well overall, a lot of kids donated, bought popcorn and were chill and respectful,” said Mr. Seligson, after the Halloween movie. He continued, “It attracted a good group of kids and I’m happy about it.”
After the first movie night’s success, the ASB team is looking forward to continuing the tradition, and are beginning to plan a movie night before the winter holidays. They are also looking to improve the event for next time, with better promotion, sound, and display by moving it to a bigger screen in the auditorium.
For the past several years, members of the ASB have tried to get the school administrators to allow movie nights for special occasions, but every time the suggestion came up the previous ASB president and school administration would shut it down because, according to Mr. Seligson, they didn’t like the idea.
After the administration turned away the proposal one final time last year, the ASB officers pushed even harder for it in 2022, and were finally able to get the go ahead to start holding these movie nights. The ASB board immediately jumped into planning for the best timing and movie that would attract the most students.
The purpose of these types of events is to benefit the school by bringing more school spirit and forming a community. Students are able to come together to the same place and experience the same movie with their friends and peers.
This event also brought money to the school, as students who attended could pay for popcorn or to enter a raffle where they could earn prizes involving a selection of Galileo merchandise.
The new administration allowing the school to host these movie nights opened a window to earn more money to host even bigger events for the school and have other community building events. Mr Seligson said, “After COVID, our community needed growth more than ever.”
Students who attended movie night agreed that the event was a great way to build community at Galileo. “I really enjoyed being able to spend this time with my friends and the school as a whole actually,” says senior attendee, Finn W., adding “It’s always nice to go to things where a lot of the school is involved and where school spirit is more visible because that’s something that is lacking a lot of the time.”
Another senior, Adam B., said, “I’d love to see Gal do more of these things, it’s fun for us and it helps the school with money so it benefits everyone pretty much.”
