GRANITEVILLE, S.C. (WJBF)- A school’s alma mater song is intended to express pride in the institution, but most students don’t know the words to theirs. And many alma maters were written decades ago and kids don’t connect with them– until now.
For many students the alma mater is something you hear a couple times a year at special events.
Midland Valley High School’s principal wanted to change that, so he enlisted the help of a teacher and a very talented student to add a modern flair to the song.
Every morning when school begins, the Midland Valley High School alma mater plays through the halls.
It is Midland Valley high school principal, Sheldon Higginbottom’s, goal to foster as much school spirit and pride as he can while he is there. He told NewsChannel 6 he thought that having an alma mater that students can relate to is part of that.
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“And you know how it is at the end of graduation, we we play our alma mater and I look around and nobody is singing it. And I start thinking of you know, ways to to make it popular,” he explained.