HHS senior rock painted as pride flag

On Oct. 23, like many before them, four students came to HHS in the middle of the night to do a little redecorating. Zoey Burt, senior, Car Thie, senior, Armand Martinez, junior, and Luke Yourzak, junior, have taken credit for repainting the senior rock to the colors of the rainbow pride flag, a symbol of the LGBTQ+ movement.

The repainting of the rock has been a tradition at HHS for a long time, and until then, it had sported a gold and orange look with “Class of 2017” written across it. Burt considers the repainting a visual improvement.

“Painting the rock was really fun. It was ugly before, and now it represents the diversity of HHS.” Burt said.

The origin of the repainting created some confusion among HHS. The official HHS Twitter account tweeted a picture of the rock, with the caption “GSA Club shows off their Hopkins Royal Pride.” However, Sam Clague, senior and co-president of Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA), denies any connection with the rock’s new look.

“GSA as a club didn’t have anything to do with [the painting], but it works well, because coincidentally this year we are trying to increase our presence in the school, and to garner support from allies.” Clague said.

Despite the clubs lack of involvement with the rock’s makeover, Clague appreciates its message, and encourages students to interact with the rock and the club on social media.