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Once upon a time in small land far far away, students at TC attended MORP in Palo Alto, California. MORP originated quite a long time ago, when the students were sick of not having any kind of homecoming, so they came up with the term “MORP”, which is prom spelled backwards.

The first MORP was held at Discovery Zone in 1998, but since then MORP has come a long way. This year TC students attended a football game at Stanford Stadium, enjoying Stanford’s 33-14 win over Arizona State.

The theme for this year was Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes so students donned creative and whimsical costumes. Junior Jordan Gustafson was impressed with one costume in particular. “Morgan Andre and Geoffrey Retemeyer’s Goldilocks and the 3 bears costume was pretty clever,” he said. Others agreed that Candice Balswick and Garret Yagi also made a big splash with their Jack and Jill costume.

Sophomore Schyler Johnson, and Freshman Mackenzie Spycher, both agreed that the best part of MORP was watching the game, but they didn’t know some would think they were part of it, “Someone saw my Alice in Wonderland outfit and asked me and my friends if we were the half time show,” said Spycher.

Of course part of the fun of any trip is the journey up. Students busied themselves on the 100-mile bus trip with storytelling, mass text messaging, and watching out for Mr. Fast’s hand checks.

Students agreed the tailgate party before the game provided an excellent opportunity to bond. “I really enjoyed eating on the grass with my friends during the tailgate,” said Junior Haley Myer.

But for some MORP was bittersweet. “ “I’m sad that I will never get to experience a MORP again. It’s always really fun to ask creatively, dress up, and go to an event with all your friends. But four is a satisfactory amount,” said Senior Morgan Andre.

Overall MORP was a fun day of spending time with schoolmates, and all the students at Turlock Christian lived happily ever after!