The Class of 2030 entered into their first of many social events of their high school career: The Freshmen Mixer. If this year’s Freshmen Mixer was anything, it was visible proof that no Zach Bryan concert could take away one of Cistercian’s greatest traditions.

   As per tradition, Form V was tasked with the setup of the mixer the evening prior. They worked hard that evening and returned the following day for nearly 4 more hours of setup. Through it all, however, the Freshmen looked forward to the mixer itself, a moment they had awaited throughout their middle school years.

   Samuel Maxwell says that his favorite part of the mixer was “talking to everyone.” Samuel Maxwell also managed to get 15 numbers.

   The new DJ did a great job according to Asher Smith, as he said, “Very loud but solid job.” Luke Nevitt also complimented the new DJ and exclaimed “DJ Patricia was FIREEE!”

Daniel Pozo had some other thoughts on the DJ with the quote “The remixes were horrible, but she played like 3 really good songs. Like she would play a really good song but then ruin it with like the party-get-the-kids-moving-2X Premium.”

   After the freshmen girls had left, the boys had to clean up. Caleb Link quotes, “Takedown was quicker and more fun.”

The boys worked so hard that according to Samantha Kaness, “I liked the inflatables in the entrance” The freshmen boys’ hard work really paid off. Caleb Link continued to say that “It was a lot of work to do, but it was fun.”

   All of the freshmen had a really great time meeting new people and overcoming their fears of talking to people of the other gender.