While some traditions are staying the same this school year, there are a few changes to this Homecoming week which include the floats being discontinued, the pep rally being held on a red day instead of a white day and the powderpuff tournament will allow all grades to participate instead of there being one game between the juniors and seniors. The Homecoming dance this year will take place on Saturday, Oct. 25 and it will have a carnival theme.

There is also going to be a video added to the bonfire in the junior and senior game. Every team throws an object that symbolizes beating West Spring field for Homecoming game on Oct. 24.

“For field hockey we are throwing in a spartan helmet that is being speared by an Annandale field hockey stick,” senior Lee Hayes said.

The spirit week also changed. There has been character day added, while some common days such as tie-dye Tuesday remain standing. The freshmen and sophomores get to participate in powderpuff. There will be photo booth areas and some carnival games to be included in the actual dance.

“The dance should be the same format as it has been in the past. We are adding some things that are similar to what we had in the Color Craze, like the photobooth area and there a few carnival type games,” english teacher Carmen Bartley said. “There is an area where you can guess how many Hershey kisses are in a jar or just like little things like that.”

A lot of guys have been creative with how they ask their dates. Some people went big and did posters with funny but charming questions and some went simple and asked with flowers. Some people are deciding to go with friends. You can also bring students from other schools to Homecoming, but they still need a ticket and tickets are being sold in the cafeteria for 20 dollars.

One of the biggest changes of all is that there will not be a Homecoming float made for each grade this year. There are limits to the floats and their height cannot exceed four and a half feet. Usually, each grade picks a theme and they build a float representing that theme and then they are judged on their creativity and effort. The winner gets a 500 dollar prize for their class that can be spent in any way.

“We are still doing the parade even though we tried to change that around a little,” Hayes said.

However, this year, there will be no limits set in place, but each grade will have to make an object instead. The winner will only get 250 dollars and second place will receive 100 dollars and other classes will receive some money as well.

The objects will then be displayed during the Homecoming dance for students to appreciate.

Leadership has been affected by the changes but is running smoothly.

“We’ve adapted well. I think doing Color Craze last year helped us to think of new ideas and all the other changes, it’s all been fine. These have all been student generated. We looked at every event we did last year and thought about how we can make them better,” Bartley said.

Another change is that the pep rally will not be held during W4. On the agendas, it states that the pep rally will be held on Oct. 23 which is a Thursday. However, there has been a change and the rally will be held on Oct. 24 but during R7.