The Circle of Friendship!

The purpose of koinania is to strengthen the middle school students together as a class. In koinania groups meet every Wednesday. In these groups the kids play bonding games to help build their unity as a class.

Koinania groups are a vital part of the middle school experience. Students really enjoy going to koinania and enjoy strengthening their friendships with fellow classmates.

The kids play games every wednesday throughout the year. The purpose of these games is to help the kids come out of their comfort zone and meet new people. By playing these games it really helps them become more comfortable with themselves and the kids in their grade. Koinania is about intermixing the middle schoolers. They try to get kids out of their normal cliques and try to help them meet new people.

In koinania the kids have theme shirts. This represents the different groups. Each year it is always something different. The groups are either divided by different colors,superheroes,etc. In a way you could say these groups are kind of like the houses in Harry potter. The groups compete against each other for points. Whenever one team wins a game they get points for their team in the race to win.

The winning team's prize is a trip to blizzard beach! This is the prize that the kids work for all year. All the kids want to win this trip which makes the competition harder and more complicated to win. Which is how competition should be! Competition shouldn't be easy it should be a challenge, this is also something that koinania teaches the kids. It's all about teamwork and winning will be a challenge but you have to push through and work as a team if you really want to win the big prize.