For the month of February, SPS students were placed into four "houses", comprised of 22 students each -from blended grade levels (grades 3 - 12). These houses competed in the following events for our annual Saddlebrook-A-Thon competition: designed 4'X6' house banners, designed and ordered their house t-shirts, participated in different themed dress-up days, competed in daily student team games, and competed in a field day competition consisting of three sports (basketball, flag football, and soccer). During the evening of February 24th, a competitive color run race throughout the resort was held, and a general spirit award- given to the team with the most house spirit- was awarded during our school-wide cookout.
The four houses and the mascots were as follows: the Laver House "Roos", the Federer House "G.O.A.T.'s", the Palmer House "Royals", and the Nicklaus House "Golden Bears".
The winning house for Saddlebrook-A-Thon - was the Nicklaus House- (see photos of yellow team).
For winning, the Nicklaus House team members maintain control of the Saddlebrook Cup, they get to paint and sign the coveted - Spartan Helmet, and they get their team picture taken- with all three items placed in the SPS main office trophy case. The Nicklaus House showed the most house spirit and won the Spirit Award, and that was the determining factor, which propelled them to an overall victory.
The daytime events of field day were a huge success with student and parent feedback making this the most-enjoyed, and organized, Saddlebrook-A-Thon in recent memory.
All the students, teachers, staff, and parent volunteers had a great time putting together this month long competition.
The SPS Administration would like to thank all those involved in making this a successful event.