Glacier Peak is a place yes, but more importantly it is the people. The people who go every day and try their best to learn and grow. It is the people that sit in grizzly period playing magic the gathering or cramming before their final in APUSH. Glacier Peak is the memories that people made on their journey through life. Through thick and thin being a grizzly is something we can all relate to. While the yearbook does an amazing job connecting and showing off the highlights of the year, sometimes it is also important to hear from specific people what their favorite memory was. Either it was some crazy experience they had this year, or some very simple moment shared between people they cared about.
One of the key moments of being a grizzly at Glacier Peak is the football games. Being able to hear the crowd roar at a touchdown, hearing the band blast the Fight Song, and going crazy with each cheer the cheer team performs. These memories of bright lights, loud crowds, and intense cliffhangers is a key moment that many people cherish. “Hanging out with friends and laughing and cheering, even when you don’t know how football works, is such a fun environment,” Brooklyn Hekker said.
However, while the football experience is cherished amongst many, favorite memories are not exclusive to sports. Sometimes it’s the time we share in class. Whether it is that favorite teacher that pops into your head, or that friend that laughed way too hard at the joke you said in the middle of class. “In APUSH we did 2010’s trivia and there were a lot of iconic songs from the 2010’s which made me very nostalgic, and emotional in a way because I haven’t heard these songs in such a long time and it was a memorable moment for me,” Justin Nguyen said.
These moments shared across people are what makes Glacier Peak special. Kindness and empathy, being core components to the grizzly way, go without saying, but when it actually becomes a reality, truly remarkable acts of companionship can be seen. “I think for me it’s teaching my friend Taos to throw a discus like 5 minutes before one of the last meets of the year. Basically, he just decided to ask coach Tyler if he could compete even if he had never thrown before. Tyler said yes so me and a few other people took him to the practice ring and taught him how to throw in about 5 minutes. He still ended up beating a few other people,” George Saliba said.
Sometimes, being the new kid is hard. Going from everything to nothing is a change nobody really wants to make. But being able to move to Glacier Peak, being able to see how kind the people here can be, really helps to make the change easier. For context, Rin Vural moved here just this year. After communicating with her about her experience here, it goes to show how the saying “We Are GP” really does mean something to people. “My favorite memory this year is when I went on the Disney trip because I got so close with so many band people there and just formed closer friendships. It was super fun going around the first day with Tooth and Mav and just window shopping and eating at this bomb Viet restaurant and just having a girl’s day. The photos we took at the beach will always be my favorite as well. Even though the first day was my favorite, the entire trip was amazing in its whole by itself,” Vural said.