New Windscreen Installed at Midwood Field
The student council worked with the football team to install a windscreen at Midwood field. Photo Credit: The Student Council
By RONITH MUDHUGANTI and IVAN LEE
Midwood Field just got a stylish upgrade thanks to the student council and the football team, who helped install a windscreen along the fence on September 14 and 18. Besides giving the football field a chic new look, it ended the risk of opponents snooping on hornet practices.
“Students from other schools were recording Midwood team practices through the fence,” said Mayor Tanisa Rahman ’20. “With the new windscreen, the camera can no longer capture things happening 50 ft into the field.”
The installation is an example of student government pitching in to fix problems in Midwood.
“Coming in on a Saturday to help put up the windscreen is not what a normal high school student would think about doing,” said Senior President Jonathan Li ’20. “But this experience was one that showed me how willing students who didn’t know each other before were able to come together and put up something that would add character to the field.”
Rahman said, “It was a fun time and a good team effort. We got to interact with the football team, who we normally don’t get to know often. They’re great people, and they let us in on the jokes they had going around. I became enveloped in their unique camaraderie immediately.”
Isaiah Daniell ’20 said, “We were having a lot of fun talking, cracking jokes, and getting along. They sacrificed their free time to do something that most people won’t even look at twice, and that was really admirable.”
“Once it was complete,” he said, “it felt like we did something for the school that really showed school spirit and our support for our teams.”
The windscreen, which was paid for by student government funds, is just the start of a series of improvements planned to create a safer school environment.
“We are also trying to install speed cameras down Campus Road and Bedford Avenue,” said Rahman. “We are corresponding with the Department of Transportation to improve school safety.”
The student government hopes to continue working with students on other major projects and events.
“There should definitely be more projects that require students and the Council to work together,” said Rahman. “We enjoy interacting with new people and hearing their concerns because it reminds us that people want to see future cohorts prosper in a Midwood that is better than they left it.”