While 2023 may have been an exciting year full of Taylor Swift tours and special movies like “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” even more special occurrences are to take place in the year 2024. With things such as a leap year and the presidential election comes a general feeling of excitement among most. However, there is much more to look forward to that some may not even know about.
This year, as mentioned previously, brings about a leap year, meaning that four years have gonebyandwegettoaddonan extra day in February. People born on Feb. 29 have a moment to shine, as their birthday only comes around once in a blue moon.
Another exciting event to take place in 2024 is the presidential election. This is yet another event
years, meaning the last time a presidential election occurred was in the midst of COVID-19 in 2020. The candidates this year include Democrats Joe Biden, Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson, and Republicans Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Asa Hutchinson, Vivek Ramaswamy,and Donald Trump.
Besides the basics we see every four years, we will also see things this year that only happen very rarely, such as the Summer Olympics and Paralympics. While this does coincide naturally with leap years, the Olympics and Paralympics have exciting new plans that have their fans on the edge of their seats. This year, they plan to add break dancing as an Olympic sport. While it may seem to be a silly reason to be excited for the Olympics this year, much more is involved. This will be the first year that both females and males are to be represented equally in all sports categories.
held in Paris and aired on live television for all to see. Freshman Emily Theis expressed her joy and excitement towards the upcoming event, specifically stating, “I enjoy watching the skill level of everyone who has put in so much work to be the best of the best, and I’m excited to see the new sport being added!”
Along with the Olympics, 2024 plans to bring several new movies out to the public. These movies include “Mean Girls: The Musical,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Wicked: Part One” and “Inside Out 2.” Freshman Morgan Huls expressed her excitement towards the new “Inside Out.” “I want to go see Inside Out 2 because I loved the first one. Plus, they have new characters that I can’t wait to watch dance across the screen.”
Yet another exciting event is the total solar eclipse set to happen on April 8. Parts of the United States, Mexico and Canada will have a clear view of the moon passing between the Earth and
and blocking out the sun light from Earth’s view. Another freshman, JT Ulstad expressed that he was excited to see the solar eclipse because “it is just really cool and a very weird phenomenon.” He was even able to see the last eclipse in 2017 with his family, which expresses just how rare the occurrence is.
Finally, NASA’s Artemis II mission plans to return to the moon. This will also be the first time an African American and a woman will step on the surface of the moon. Steve Connell, NW’s Athletic Band
an interview about the return. “I remember when I was 17 and they landed for the first time. I was at Disneyland and absolutely everything stopped.”
Clearly, 2023 was a lot of fun and held plenty of exciting events. However, truth be told, 2024 expects plenty more new comings.
