Pike Road High School Homecoming 2020 from a student鈥檚 perspective
PIKE ROAD, Ala. —聽This year, Pike Road High School鈥檚 Homecoming was unlike anything we鈥檝e seen before. There were many restrictions due to Covid-19, but we all made the most of what we had.
While there may not have been a dance, which was very disappointing to many, we were still able to celebrate our football team. On Friday, October 2, the Patriots showed no mercy on Charles Henderson High School鈥檚 Trojans, and won the game with the score 50-0.
Royalty reigned, too. We were also still able to present our Homecoming Court, with Victoria Stephens crowned as Queen and named Macahi Cooley as our first- ever Homecoming King. Other members of the court were as follows: seniors Syana Smith, Jenna Locklier, and Alysia Cadena, juniors Chyna Brown and Emily Klinger, and sophomores Chandler Paymon and Emma Jane Stricklin.
Typically, each year for Homecoming every grade would decorate their own hallway according to the theme. Instead, this year we decided to decorate the doors of each of our mentor teachers鈥� classrooms. That way, not so many people were crowded together decorating an entire hallway.
During the week of September 28, learners spent nearly thirty minutes a day each day decorating teachers鈥� doors based on the various themes. At the end of the week, we even had a contest to see who did the best job.
Unfortunately, PRHS did not have a traditional Homecoming parade this year, which has always been something everyone looks forward to. Instead, planners broadcast a Virtual Pep Rally. Also, organizers hired Kona Ice to come to our school to help make up for it. It may not have been the homecoming we are all used to, but it was still a very fun and eventful week.
Dress-up days were another fun aspect of this year鈥檚 Homecoming.
With the theme, 鈥淟ettuce Celebrate!,鈥� different dress up days accompanied the salad variety theme. Monday was Thousand Island, so everyone wore Hawaiian/beach clothes. Caesar hailed the day on Tuesday as students and faculty donned toga and Roman fare. Balsamic Vinaigrette on Wednesday encouraged everyone to dress up in preppy attire. On Thursday, Ranch roped everyone into sporting country/cowboy outfits. Lastly, Friday鈥檚 House dressing challenged everyone to show their Patriot spirit in red, white, and blue.
Overall, this year鈥檚 homecoming was definitely different than it normally would be, but different doesn鈥檛 always have to be a bad thing. Though we had restrictions to Homecoming this year, we still did our best to have fun with what we had.
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