Questionable judgment, APS

[Anonymous]

When did spirit days and spirit weeks become a thing? Just curious. Growing up in the 90s, there were no dress up days, and definitely not a week full week of spirit. Not for elementary, junior high, or high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When did spirit days and spirit weeks become a thing? Just curious. Growing up in the 90s, there were no dress up days, and definitely not a week full week of spirit. Not for elementary, junior high, or high school.

I grew up in this area in the 90s and we definitely had school spirit days but it was more about wearing your school colors or a color specified to your grade. Not like our parents had to go out and buy costumes, etc..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When did spirit days and spirit weeks become a thing? Just curious. Growing up in the 90s, there were no dress up days, and definitely not a week full week of spirit. Not for elementary, junior high, or high school.

We had them occasionally in the 80s. Not a full week though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many elementary kids in Arlington even own camo? That's why it's dumb.

+1

Its a dumb theme.

And this isn't an APS issue- its a PTA issue.

Oh my god. Do you not buy clothes for your children at Target or Old Navy? Cause if so, they sell camo. And lots of kids have it. You must be one of those snobs who shops only at JCrew kids. This is officially the dumbest DCUM thread of all time.

Even J Crew sells camo.
https://www.jcrew.com/p/boys/categories/clothing/pants/elastic-back/kids-garment-dyed-utility-pant/BS290

It was more popular 5-10 years ago but it's still out there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many elementary kids in Arlington even own camo? That's why it's dumb.

+1

Its a dumb theme.

And this isn't an APS issue- its a PTA issue.

Oh my god. Do you not buy clothes for your children at Target or Old Navy? Cause if so, they sell camo. And lots of kids have it. You must be one of those snobs who shops only at JCrew kids. This is officially the dumbest DCUM thread of all time.

Even J Crew sells camo.
https://www.jcrew.com/p/boys/categories/clothing/pants/elastic-back/kids-garment-dyed-utility-pant/BS290

It was more popular 5-10 years ago but it's still out there.

I have not read anything that says its not out there. Its still an odd spirit day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many elementary kids in Arlington even own camo? That's why it's dumb.

+1

Its a dumb theme.

And this isn't an APS issue- its a PTA issue.

Oh my god. Do you not buy clothes for your children at Target or Old Navy? Cause if so, they sell camo. And lots of kids have it. You must be one of those snobs who shops only at JCrew kids. This is officially the dumbest DCUM thread of all time.

I have never purchased a camo item from Target nor have children requested it. And I'm in there several times a week- sorry don't see a HUGE camo section. We aren't shopping in Walmart in Mississippi.

Lululemon
Athleta
Patagonia
The North Face
Banana Republic
Talbots
Anthropologie
The list goes on and on.

The reality that the rest of the entire world buys it (and is not military or a hunter.) It’s just a fashion print these days and a popular one since EVERY MAJOR RETAILER has clothing in that print. Get over yourself. It’s totally snobbish of you to say that only people in Mississippi are buying camo. You probably don’t even realize what a total liberal snob you are and I’m a liberal.

Instead of getting so worked up why don’t you read the words that people are posting? I don’t see anyone who has said no one buys camo. They simply said there’s not a huge selection and that it’s not that common which is true.

And no one ever claimed that Target or other stores have a HUGE selection.

Here are even more stores that carry camo clothes for kids:
Children's Place
Boden
Gap
Carter's
Abercrombie
Kohl's
Under Armour
Forever 21
Nordstrom
etc
etc
etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This isn't from APS. This is one school. It was probably the student government that voted on it.

Yes it's not the best idea but aren't there bigger things to worry about?

THIS. I know which school but I'm not going to say. I'd guess the PTA is about 90% responsible.

Just skip that day. It's not a huge deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When did spirit days and spirit weeks become a thing? Just curious. Growing up in the 90s, there were no dress up days, and definitely not a week full week of spirit. Not for elementary, junior high, or high school.

I grew up in this area in the 90s and we definitely had school spirit days but it was more about wearing your school colors or a color specified to your grade. Not like our parents had to go out and buy costumes, etc..

We had them in the 90s.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This isn't from APS. This is one school. It was probably the student government that voted on it.

Yes it's not the best idea but aren't there bigger things to worry about?

THIS. I know which school but I'm not going to say. I'd guess the PTA is about 90% responsible.

Just skip that day. It's not a huge deal.

Why the silence on which school? Sooooo weird.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many elementary kids in Arlington even own camo? That's why it's dumb.

+1

Its a dumb theme.

And this isn't an APS issue- its a PTA issue.

Oh my god. Do you not buy clothes for your children at Target or Old Navy? Cause if so, they sell camo. And lots of kids have it. You must be one of those snobs who shops only at JCrew kids. This is officially the dumbest DCUM thread of all time.

Even J Crew sells camo.
https://www.jcrew.com/p/boys/categories/clothing/pants/elastic-back/kids-garment-dyed-utility-pant/BS290

It was more popular 5-10 years ago but it's still out there.

I have not read anything that says its not out there. Its still an odd spirit day.

Why is it odd?

Many kids have camo clothes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many elementary kids in Arlington even own camo? That's why it's dumb.

+1

Its a dumb theme.

And this isn't an APS issue- its a PTA issue.

Oh my god. Do you not buy clothes for your children at Target or Old Navy? Cause if so, they sell camo. And lots of kids have it. You must be one of those snobs who shops only at JCrew kids. This is officially the dumbest DCUM thread of all time.

Even J Crew sells camo.
https://www.jcrew.com/p/boys/categories/clothing/pants/elastic-back/kids-garment-dyed-utility-pant/BS290

It was more popular 5-10 years ago but it's still out there.

I have not read anything that says its not out there. Its still an odd spirit day.

Why is it odd?

Many kids have camo clothes.

I mean I have camo clothes and I am 41 lol..just "alternative " ha ha

[Anonymous]

When’s the last time you saw a whole gaggle of kids in camo at an APS school? A kid here there and typically it’s a girl with cute pink camo with something written on their shirt, or a $30 under armor camo wicking shirt…but this is not a camo type area. That’s why it’s a spirit day because it’s something different than what they normally wear guys. That’s the whole point. Stop trying to make Arlington camo happen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This isn't from APS. This is one school. It was probably the student government that voted on it.

Yes it's not the best idea but aren't there bigger things to worry about?

Seriously. This is one school and probably was driven/chosen by the kids. Does not need to be posted about on DCUM complaining about APS. Much bigger fish to fry generally in the world right now.

We’re at this school. The kids choose the themes, they are different every year except for they always have class color day on the final day. Camo being okay for a spirit day is not antithetical to kids not being allowed to pretend to play guns/kill each other at recess. One is not the same as the other.

I think it's exactly antithetical to kids not being allowed to pretend to play guns and kill each other. The purpose of camo is to hide from other people who you want/need to shoot to kill, or to hide from animals you are hunting. That's what camo is.

[Anonymous]

I'll say which school. It's Campbell.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many elementary kids in Arlington even own camo? That's why it's dumb.

+1

Its a dumb theme.

And this isn't an APS issue- its a PTA issue.

Oh my god. Do you not buy clothes for your children at Target or Old Navy? Cause if so, they sell camo. And lots of kids have it. You must be one of those snobs who shops only at JCrew kids. This is officially the dumbest DCUM thread of all time.

Even J Crew sells camo.
https://www.jcrew.com/p/boys/categories/clothing/pants/elastic-back/kids-garment-dyed-utility-pant/BS290

It was more popular 5-10 years ago but it's still out there.

I have not read anything that says its not out there. Its still an odd spirit day.

Why is it odd?

Many kids have camo clothes.

I mean I have camo clothes and I am 41 lol..just "alternative " ha ha

I have camo joggers and I could not be more anti gun.

-Arlington mom