Lately, Loomis Chaffee has seen various trends — chess, spoons, and scooters to name a few — but these fads have the campus asking: What comes next? Some students have been talking about a strange phenomenon starting on the island: Leapfrog, the fun and exciting game from our childhoods. Its popularity is beginning to rise, and it will most likely become the biggest trend of the year. While scooters may be in fashion for their efficiency in getting to class, leapfrogging to your Spanish test is by far the right choice for many reasons.
The goal of our school is to promote teamwork and friendship, and there’s no better way to bond with your friends than to get from Founders to Chaffee as a team. In addition to partnering up with your friends, it’s also an amazing way to make new ones since leapfrogging requires trust: the foundation of a community!
“I was really nervous about meeting people when I first arrived on campus,” said Toby Culeus ‘27, “but I feel like I’ve met some of my closest friends through leapfrogging to athletics.”
Based on recent surveys conducted of the student body, 93.2% of leapfroggers seen around campus have made an average of 10 more friends through the activity, and these numbers are on the rise. Teachers approve of this new trend, too — leapfrogging requires more than one person, enforcing interaction between students everywhere. It’s going beyond a smile and a wave when you pass someone!
Another advantage of this fabulous fad is the decrease in phone usage. Leapfrogging requires both hands, which means that your phone stays out of your hands! No longer will Loomis Chaffee students walk around campus with their eyes glued to their phones; now, they can leap around with social media out of mind while their screen time goes down. Contributing to the new phone usage policy, leapfrogging has gained the approval of Head of School Sheila Culbert herself.
A final reason for the rise in this trend is the easy exercise that students benefit from while playing leapfrog. It’s much more exercise than scootering or even walking around campus, for it’s not only normal leapfrogging, but also leapfrogging while wearing heavy backpacks. Many students find themselves with no need to hit the weight room after starting to leapfrog.
With how much leapfrog has been helping fitness and bonding, Evi Cep ‘25 said, “I’m going to ask StuCo to make it possible for leapfrogging to fulfill both a team and athletic requirement.”
With many Pelicans realizing the drastic improvements in their student life, there’s no way that this rising trend won’t make it to the top — so get hopping!
