My high school also had a Freshman Initiation Week.

It's held every 3rd week of September. The freshmen were paired up with the junior class, who acted as their "big sisters" (I went to an all girls Catholic school, btw). Just like how sororities do, juniors "pick" their little sisters.

My freshman year, the theme was "Back to the Future". None of the students are ever subjected to any kind of harm or emotional damage, IMO.

Anyway, each day had a different theme. We had special out of uniform days where little and big sisters dressed alike. I carried around a big plastic strawberry all week, and it was filled with candy. My big sister did the same because she wanted everyone to know that I was her little sister. The week was also filled with ice cream socials, freshman/junior breakfast, the week culminated with the Initiation Day Pep Rally where the freshmen paraded around the gym wearing costumes made by their big sisters. The ones who had the "best" costumes got a prize. I was Betty Rubble and my other freshman friends were the cast of the Flintstones.

No student was allowed to force their little sister to do anything she didn't want to do. Anyone who did anything like that got suspended.

When I was a junior, the theme was "We love TV", and my little sisters and my friends' little sisters dressed up like the Brady Bunch.

Ultra PC people would consider that hazing even if we didn't have to do half the things you had to, Adelphean1851. My niece went through her Freshman Initiation last September, so the traditions haven't changed at all. Some people might not agree with it, but it's been going on for 95 years now, and I doubt the administration will be getting rid of it anytime soon, providing that the girls don't eff it up for everyone else!