Homecoming Week

Last week was Homecoming week which is a real American tradition. The whole week they plan special things. Every day dress theme, like on pyjama day you could come to school in your PJ's, or dress up in Cape and Mask or as a Villain or a Super Hero. Not all students do it but some of them did dress up. So this years Homecoming theme was Super Hero and at the end of the week there is a Homecoming Football Game. There is a tailgater before the game and a parade of wagons made by each class in style with the Super Hero theme. After the Game they announce which wagon won, this year it were the Seniors with their Ninja Turtle wagon. I wonder if the Seniors always win, because I personally found that the Juniors' Spider man wagon was the best.
After the game they also announced the Homecoming King and Queen. Students vote for their King and Queen during the week. On Saturday they had the Homecoming dance and the dress code for that is formal and I think that is really cool. All the girls are dressed up in beautiful gowns and the guys in nice suits. with some of the YL JHS leaders we chaperoned at the Dance. There are also parents who chaperon, which is something that doesn't happen at a Dutch High school Dance. We served punch and helped out at what I call Baggage claim. They have a really nice system going here. all students could get a plastic bag with a number on it, to put their things in. the same number was written on their wrist. So at the end of the dance all the students came to collect their bag and we yelled out the numbers and ran to get the bags. it was great fun. Many of the girls had put their shoes in the bags and were dancing barefoot, probably because they started to hurt. so it was a fun and exciting week here in Jenison.