I'm calling all these schools to set up chess programs for the upcoming school year, and almost all of them have a phone tree system that says, "Thank you for calling Rich S. Benefactor Elementary School, Home of the Mascots. Press 1 for...". That's all fine.
But just now, i called Doris French Elementary, which made me really want to hear, "Home of the Frogs". But alas, it is the French Elementary "Superstars".
C'mon, some anthropomorphic frogs, maybe with some bleu/blanc/rouge paint on them[1]? That's an awesome mascot. Go Frogs!
Furthermore, a couple schools i visited over the summer had cartoon animals posted in the cafeteria that represented various positive character traits. Again, this is fine, but the animals and traits seem to have been matched at random, leaving us with characters like Responsibility Elephant, Trustworthiness Camel, and Citizenship Bear.