Feb. 26, 2021
By Jessica Cerrito
Staff Writer
The Computer Club held its first virtual game night on Dec. 9 from 7-9 p.m. The game night was set up using a Discord server.
“We used a Discord called LHS Bearcave, and there we have different areas. One area we had for announcements and another for the rules,” junior Madison Echols, a member of the Computer Club, said. “We had a chat where everyone could message each other, and then we had the voice channels for each game. There were two Among Us channels and one Skribbl.io channel.”
During the Computer Club’s first game night, Echols played the game Skribbl.io with some of her peers for the entire two hours. In the game, a person would choose a word and draw it. Then, other students would try to guess the word she was drawing.
“There were chat rooms for people looking to talk and get to know others and game rooms where people could choose to play games instead.”
“We played one game with ten rounds…. It was lots of fun, and I enjoyed it,” Echols said.
Freshman Abida Iqbal, who is president of the Computer Club, said the organization decided to offer two separate game options to make the games accessible to all LHS students and teachers.
“It worked out perfectly,” Iqbal said. “There were chat rooms for people looking to talk and get to know others and game rooms where people could choose to play games instead.”
Iqbal said 30-40 students and teachers were in attendance.
“I enjoyed it quite a lot. At the moment, we are planning for an upcoming game night which will include more games than the previous game night,” Iqbal said.
The game night was part of the LHS’s ongoing efforts to keep clubs active and unify its students. Computer Club advisor Mrs. Weckstein said the club’s mission is to explore technology while also bringing students together.
“This was a way of getting a bunch of students who had a similar interest together to meet each other and do something fun,” Weckstein said.
She said she encourages new students to join the Computer Club and attend future game nights even if they are not members of the club. The Computer Club’s Google Classroom code can be found on Weckstein’s teacher website, and there will be emails sent out regarding future game nights for those who wish to attend.
“We are talking about having one or two game nights a month,” Weckstein said. “We welcome all kids to participate. The more the merrier.”
