‘Assassin’ Game Underway at Some New York High Schools
A controversial game involving high school seniors and water guns has begun in some high schools across New York. Should parents be concerned?
As the end of the school year approaches most schools across New York and in the Hudson Valley do different things to celebrate the school's graduating senior class every year. Schools hold graduation ceremonies, some offer seniors the chance to go on a senior class trip to somewhere special and some schools choose to allow seniors to participate in a controversial game involving water guns.
Senior Assassin Water Gun Game
The game, which is played at schools across the country has students submit their names to a previously selected game leader who then appoints each player a "target or targets." The goal of the game is for players to eliminate their assigned target or targets by shooting them with a water gun and then to keep eliminating other players until they're the last student standing. Each student body plays the game with a set of fairly similar rules that clearly state how to play, along with some student bodies awarding prize money to the winners.
Hudson Valley High School Playing "Senior Assassin"
According to a few parents in Dutchess County, a couple of the high schools in the area are participating in the "Senior Assassin" game this year. One parent shared some of the rules with us and told us that at their school each student team (two) paid a cash entry fee and the team left standing at the end would win the prize pool. The entry fee wasn't shared but the parent did share some of the rules of the game which state that students can only use water guns filled with water to eliminate other assigned players, they aren't allowed to eliminate each other on school grounds, at a school event or trip, testing site, the gym, work, sports, place of worship or any official activity.
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Players are not allowed to enter someone's house unless invited inside and aren't allowed to go on any player's neighbor's property as trespassing is illegal. Players are also not allowed to physically shove, push, grab, or fight each other and are encouraged to not get violent. Administrators of the game encourage players to tell their families that they are participating in the game so they are aware.
Would You Allow Your Kids to Play?
According to a few parents, the game was recently shut down in the Arlington Central School District after some issues arose while students began playing, (although we've been unable to confirm). It's unclear how many high schools in the Hudson Valley that are participating this year. Is your school doing a game like this? Parents, would you allow your child to play a game like this? Let us know through our station app above.