Students Turn Against Spring Homecoming
NEIRAD enilno edition
This year, Darien High School’s administration and community council attempted to incorporate a homecoming in the spring. Throughout the week of May 25th to the 29th, students were encouraged to dress up in themed apparel. For instance, Monday was ‘pajama day,’ Tuesday was ‘all blue day’ and Wednesday was ‘hat and sun glasses day.’
Although everyone looks forward to and loves fall homecoming, the majority of DHS’ student population were not gung-ho about making a last minute adjustment to a usual week at school. “It was lame,” states senior, Alex Bruno. From the looks of it, a lot of the spring sports teams were very into the idea. The girl’s lacrosse team took complete advantage of showing school spirit and rocked the attire every day. “It was really good for our team,” states senior co-captain Emma Getsinger. “It was a chance for everyone to come together and celebrate our team unity.”
Other sports teams also played a huge role in dressing up throughout the week, especially on ‘Blue Wave Pride day’ on Friday. The ‘Blue Wave Pride day’ was supposed to be exactly like the Friday before the big homecoming football game where teams dress up in costumes that they have designed for months. Unfortunately, the spring sports team during this ‘Blue Wave Pride’ day only had a week to prepare their big costumes which resulted in less spirit on that day. “We dressed up as lacrosse players,” said Mackenzie Williams, a senior on the girls’ tennis team. The girls’ outdoor track team dressed up as Power Puff girls, but co-captain, Charlotte Phillips, stated “it was pretty stressful seeing as we only had a week to get these costumes together.”
Students not involved in sports tended to think the complete opposite. “Overal, it was entirely a fail. No one cared” said senior Zack Sherwood. A majority of students believed that they heard about “spring homecoming” with too short a notice. Nicole Granath, DHS’ Community Council president, sent out a Facebook event advertising Spring Homecoming the Sunday before the school week.
Unlike fall homecoming, there were no adjustments to the daily school schedule. “I wish we had a pep rally,” said junior, Annie Hekker. “It would have made everyone more excited.” Other students also wished that they had a game they could also go see with the rest of the schools’ population, kind of like the fall football game. “There was barely anyone at the boy’s lacrosse game, which was supposed to be the ‘big’ homecoming game,” said senior, Lindsay Walker. Hopefully, next year’s Spring Homecoming will be more successful than this year. Community Council member senior Rahul Datta stated, “I’m not quite sure if we are going to do it next year, it all depends.” Senior Sam Johnston then said, “It might have been more successful it was more organized. It is a really good idea, and I hope it works out in the future.”
