It took three tries, but the Law Magnet finally got it down.

“On the count of three, everyone sit down on the legs of the person behind you. I promise, their legs will be there, as long as everyone sits at the same time. One… Two… Three.” But just as before, people began falling in groups. “Let’s try again, guys.”

The Circle-Sit activity is just one of the activities that the Legal Eagles participated in during their first annual Law Magnet Field Day at Cottonwood Park, but many claimed it to be their favorite.

“This was my favorite activity because it showed how teamwork can make something better than just doing it by yourself,” freshman Maddie Bunch said.

The Circle-Sit wasn’t the only part of the day that showed law magnet students that they have to rely on others to get things done.

In another activity, they used each other’s backs as tables and the students took a survey to find out what kind of Multiple Intelligence they would most identify with.

They discovered that people learn in different ways, learned what some of their strengths and weaknesses are, and came to the realization that one person can’t be good at everything.

“People are different,” junior Matthew Leahy said. “People learn differently, people work together differently, people have different needs, and different hopes and dreams. The best thing is that we can all use each other’s strengths and we can help protect each other’s weak spots and together we can all take steps towards accomplishing day to day things. Those day to day things ultimately build up to where we are doing the things we want to do in our futures and we’re living our dreams by doing every little thing it takes together,”

On top of all the activities, freshman and sophomore students received a junior or senior mentor to go to if they needed help with anything – whether it be school-related or personal. The mentors ate lunch with their new mentees and got to know them.

“I feel that having a mentor will help me with grades, with understanding law in general, maturity and with understanding other school related stuff, such as studying, organization, and test prep,” sophomore Cody Dowell said. “I believe it will help the entire magnet by bringing the older students and younger students together resulting in a tight-knit, family-like magnet.”

The Law Magnet is designed to give members a step up on other students when going into college in law related studies, and expose students to law.

With the help of Field Day, the Law students are learning even more skills for real-life applications.

“I’ve learned a lot about how to work with different types of people, and that’s really important if you want to follow a career in law, which I definitely do,” senior Andrea Thorne-Thomsen said.

Law students can look forward to participating in the Law Field Day annually, with a few changes because of the Texas heat.

In the mean time, Sara Hofeditz, the director of the Law Magnet, has high hopes for the application of the things her students learned.

“Hopefully students will implement what they learned in the classroom, with their friends, and with student organizations,” Ms. Hofeditz said. “The heat was killer, though, so I’m not sure how the format will change. We were hoping to get some guest speakers, however. The size of the group, 140, was too large for something like that, so maybe in the future splitting up into smaller groups and rotating around to do different activities with different guest speakers or something along those lines – inside.”

After the Field Day, Ms. Hofeditz and many of the Law Students felt like the First Annual Law Magnet Field Day was successful.

“It was a big group of 140 students, freshmen through seniors, and all the students worked really hard, and had a day of fun, while still learning how to better themselves, the magnet community, and RHS,” Ms. Hofeditz said. “Overall we were trying to build a unified magnet, and I think that was accomplished.”