AS Homecoming Week arrived, all eyes were on the football team, wondering how they’d play. For Student Government, however, their anticipation had been building for weeks as they planned, organized, and decorated the school to encourage spirit. The tasks were delegated between each grade and student to take care of everything in the most efficient way possible
THE experience had by the Student Government members varied greatly, even when it comes to prior experience preparing them. Some members, such as Zasha Graneros (11) and Aryonnah Davis (10), have done it every year they’ve been in high school. Others, such as Mckenzie Ransom (9) and Tyson Nguyen (12), haven’t done it before or had only done it once.
FOR those that had done preparations for Homecoming before, they noticed differences in tasks that were assigned to them, but also noticed similarities. As Davis put it, “I think it’s just a different environment because of different people I have to work with. It’s always normally a really welcoming environment, and everyone gets to, like, sit together and chill out.”
TIME spent this year was also different for each member. Some spent two weeks staying late, not going home until anywhere between 5 and 7 p.m. Others found themselves spending all of their free time working on preparations, even days they didn’t have school.
TASKS assigned were unique to each grade. However, there were similarities noticed in what was needed to get those tasks done, such as the common theme of a need to organize. “There’s a lot of unorganization, so I just took it upon myself to know what we had done,” Ransom found.
PREPARATION in advance is important, but what catches most students’ attention are the things they can participate in. While the pep rally may seem like an obvious attention grabber, for those who aren’t able to participate outside of school, dress up days are where it’s at.
STUDENT Body Officers, or SBOs, are the ones in charge of the dress up days. They sat together, coming up with every idea they possibly can, and going through them to narrow down what’s feasible for the students. Dress ups are not picked randomly, but have one common theme between them: possibility.
“WE mostly just think of, like, what would be accessible for our school,” Nguyen, who serves as the SBO Activities Chair, explained when asked
his reasoning for which activities they picked. “You can definitely get more creative with things you can do.” Not everyone will have everything necessary for a perfect dress up, but the themes allow the students to get creative with what they have.
WEEKS such as these are a lot of effort for members of the Student Government, yet that doesn’t dissuade them. “It might seem like a lot of work, and sometimes it is, but it’s worth it so then people that come to school and… it’s inspiring for some and it makes some happy,” Graneros expressed. “And even if it’s only one person that’s happy, I’m happy.” Despite the differences in things such as previous experience and expectations, Student Government put together their talents and effort to create a great experience for their student body.