Welcome back everyone!
Now that homecoming week is officially over and all the festivities have occurred, I wanted to give you a glimpse into what it’s like to experience a typical high school spirit/homecoming week. If you’re a freshman, this can give you an idea of what to expect; if you’re not a freshman, it might just be fun to compare my experience to yours!
Monday: Class Colors Day, Homecoming Rally- Each grade wears their assigned class color and there’s a rally between fourth and fifth periods where the dance and cheer teams perform and there’s other class activities.
Tuesday: Tropical Day – Everyone dresses up in Hawaiian shirts.
Wednesday: No School – Jewish holiday!
Thursday: Jersey Day, Lunch Rally & Food Fair, JV Homecoming Game- At lunch my cheer team decorated the football locker room (it’s a tradition) but there was also a food fair where you could buy lots of fast food. Right after school for cheer, we ate lunch and braided our hair together for the game. Then, the actual game happened, and we performed our halftime routine!
Friday: Blackout, Varsity Homecoming Game, Sharky’s Fundraiser – Everyone wears all black at school and to the game. At the game, the homecoming court goes around the track in cars at halftime and there’s lots of performances. After the game, there was a school restaurant night fundraiser at Sharky’s down the street.
Saturday: Homecoming Dance – The dance started at 7pm but all of my friends met at someone’s house at 5:30 to take pictures and get picked up in our party bus. We left the dance a little before 10pm and went to Denny’s, then got dropped off in a local shopping center where our parents could pick us up around midnight.
I hope this gets you excited for your homecoming and gives you some insight into what it’s like! It’s a really fun way to show school spirit and enjoy being a high schooler.
-Brooke
adventures of a typical high school student 