Linfield Community Spirit

With each passing day, the world seems to get a little smaller. News travels thousands of miles in seconds, and it only takes the click of a button to speak face to face with someone in London, Tokyo, or Johannesburg. We truly live in a global community, and Linfield is no exception, as the school is enriched each year by the addition of students from around the world. In recent years, local domestic students have learned alongside students from Korea, Germany, Taiwan, South Africa, China, Brazil, Japan, Canada, and Vietnam. As they wrestle with difficult homework problems, perform in the band, worship, and play sports together, our students share the ups and downs of life and challenge each other in the pursuit of excellence. In the process, not only do they become more culturally aware and respectful of diversity, they also develop lifelong friendships, building a special school community that reflects the global kingdom of God. 

Blue, red, orange, and green. These colors are everywhere, painted on faces, draped across flags, splattered on T-shirts. The air is filled with the sounds of horns and cheers as hundreds of high school students whip themselves into a frenzied excitement. No, this is no ordinary race at Linfield. It's not even a "good race." It's THE GREAT RACE. One of Linfield's most treasured traditions, The Great Race is a spirited class competition during Homecoming Week that requires high school students to band together to complete a variety of physical and mental challenges. Dressed head to toe in their class colors, they compete in games of Blind Volleyball, Dodgeball, Can-Can, and Tug-of-War before participating in a sprawling race across the high school campus. At the end of the day, only one class can achieve Linfield immortality and be crowned victoriously. But ultimately we're all Lions anyway, and the Great Race's true legacy lies in the way it draws us all together.