Seniors Tayler McMeekin and Maggie Stengberg were elected as the Student Council president and vice president for the 2024-2025 school year. As leaders of the group, McMeekin and Stenberg play a big role in organizing homecoming and the days leading up. Planning homecoming is a large task, the two work to keep it as organized as possible. 

“At the beginning of the meetings we’ll tell everyone what we’re working on and what needs to be done and then that’s when we’ll make different groups and committees that we’ll split into so we can get things done,” McMeekin explains.

Student Council meets every day during advisory to discuss events going on in the school. The homecoming process lasts from the last weeks of school to the end of summer. This is because of how important it is, especially to student culture and the school.

“We decide our general theme based on dress up days, so pick the theme with the best dress up days,” said Stenberg

This process of organizing starts as the previous school year ends. The members do a bulk of the work before school ends in June to make the homecoming process run smoothly. This year’s homecoming theme is What’s Up, with dress up days Sept. 23 through Oct. 4.

“We started the homecoming process at the end of last year, we had all of our dress up days down and then we met twice this summer to go over more details. Now, there’s not so much to do during the beginning of the year because it can be chaotic with freshmen elections,” says McMeekin

Each part of homecoming is thoroughly thought out and divided amongst the group. From the larger portions such as planning and organizing PowderPuff, which is girls’ flag football, and PowderBuff: boys’ volleyball, to the smaller parts such as poster making, each part equally as important.  

The homecoming week is a way for students to connect and show school spirit. Student Council plans these spirited events so that they can continue to promote school spirit.