January’s Redbox theme attracted 54 participants, over six times the participation compared to the last ticket challenge in November.

With the most coming from the freshmen class, freshmen participants include Alicia Feyerherm, Aurora Walters, Demitria Pfeifer, Anna Brull, Treyton Schumacher, Cami Moore, Xyrine DeJesus, Alisara Arial, Grant Lamb, Sean Gillock, Jessalyn Chairez, Taylor Loffredi, Sydney Walker, Franklin Owens, Alan Melendez, Madison Holloway, Cristina Leos, Madison Davis, Jacob Bollig, Monique William, Beth Plante, Kelsiy Burns, Bryan Delarosa and Tanner Windholz.

Following behind the freshmen, sophomores participants are Marie-Lynn Casting, Hanna Dannar, Sierra Adkins, Yesenia Maldonado, Megan Howe, Shaun Koerner and Isaac Howard.

Coming in third and fourth are the juniors and seniors respectively.

The junior participants were Noemy Soto, Zoe A. Martin, Noah Huxman, Skylar Reuber, Taysia McCoy, Tyler Rodgers, Rebekah Porter, Jackson Stanton and Madeline Mewhinney.

Senior participants were Tayzian Otte, Madison Schmidt, Esperanza Palmer, Analyse Claude, Cheyanne Adkins and Rylea Barrett.

February’s theme is going to be A Blind Date with a Book.

“I have wrapped up some books and put a one to two sentence description on the front along with the author and genre to go by,” Holder said. “You cannot open it until you check it out.”

Each book has been student recommended.

“All of the books are hand pick by students who go to this school,” Holder said. “So, they have read it, and these are some of their favorite books. All of the books that are a part of a series are the first ones in the series, so there’s no like third or fourth book.”

There will be numerous book genres to choose from including, historical fictions, horror, fantasy, mystery, fiction, etc.

For the month of February, there has been a change in prizes for those who decide to participate.

“We have much better prizes this month,” Holder said. “We have Vernie’s, Thirsty’s, Taco Shop, a free pizza from Pizza Hut, JD’s Chicken, a free milkshake or cat pack (a value meal) from Tiger Burger, Lomato’s Pizza any toppings and any size, Mokas 12-ounce drinks, Indian Bucks and then Cerv’s 16 ounces as well.”

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