From November 17 to November 22, the students of Okawville High School celebrated homecoming week with many exciting dress-up days. Several Student Council members on the homecoming committee chose the dress-up days. Many students enjoyed dressing up and earning points for their class with their outfits. Along with dressing up, there were activities at lunch every day to earn points for your class for a reward at the end of the week.
On Monday, November 17, the theme was “throwback day.” Students were to dress like their younger selves. Many students dressed up in bows and pajamas. The best dressed of the day were Madisyn Rennegarbe and Josephine Schmersahl. The lunch activity was Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes: grab the cup. The winner was Jilien Harre, representing the Junior class.
On Tuesday, November 18, the theme was “dynamic duos.” Students were to dress up as famous dynamic duos, such as Mario and Luigi, or SpongeBob and Patrick. The best dressed of the day were Teren Schwankhous and Rigden Senior dressed as White Chicks, and Caroline Tepe and Jaelynn Going dressed as Guy Diamond and Tiny Diamond from the movie Trolls. The lunch activity involved making a lap around the cafeteria with a group of four, each person holding a volleyball between their stomach and the back of the person in front of them. The goal was to complete the lap as quickly as possible without dropping the ball. The winners were Addison Hasheider, Kenley Hackstadt, Izzy Howard, and Lilly Cragen, representing the Junior class.
On Wednesday, November 19, the students wore their class shirts. Freshmen wore neon purple shirts, sophomores wore neon yellow shirts, juniors wore neon green shirts, seniors wore neon pink shirts, and faculty wore neon blue shirts. Some seniors used their creative abilities to make the shirts fun; they used fun socks, wigs, and a construction vest. The best dressed were a group of six seniors (Caroline Tepe, Madisyn Rennegarbe, Jaelyn Going, Kayla Crouch, Kate Borrenpohl, and Rylan Senior) with neon wigs. The game was extended to an all-day game of rock, paper, scissors. In the first hour, some students were given bead necklaces. In order to get more, you had to play rock, paper, scissors against other students in different classes to win beads. The goal was for your class to have the most bead necklaces at the end of the day. The seniors came out on top, collecting 127 necklaces.
On Thursday, November 20, the theme was “safari day.” Students were to dress in a safari animal-printed outfit or dress up as a safari guide. The best dressed for the day were Caroline Tepe, Jaelyn Going, and Tessa Frantz, all dressed in giraffe onesies. Also winning were Elly Hesker, dressed up as a kangaroo, and Brooklyn Meier, dressed as a zebra. Also, Kayla Crouch and Kate Borrenpohl as the safari guides. The lunch activity was pieing the chosen teachers and staff in the face. The class placing first (seniors) got to choose three teachers to pie, they chose Mr. Peirce, Mrs. Lintker, and Mrs. Schleifer. The class placing second (juniors) got to choose two teachers to pie, they chose Mr. Senior and Mr. Kraus. The class placing third (freshman) got to choose one teacher to pie, they chose Mr. Potts. The highlight of lunch was Hutson Hudgens pulling Mr. Potts’s goggles (used to protect eyes during the pieing) off before pieing him.
On Friday, November 21, the theme was “spirit day.” Students were to wear their most Rocket-spirited outfits. The best dressed was divided up by classes; the winning class was the senior class, taking second place was the sophomores, taking third was the freshman class, and taking fourth was the junior class. On Friday, there was also a pep rally and a hallway parade. Many fun activities took place during this pep rally, such as tug of war, several relay races, musical chairs, the teachers having an inflatable race, and the boys’ basketball team played “snatch yo wig”. In the hallway parade, the marching band played behind the cheerleaders. Also in this parade were the homecoming court members, led by kindergartners and first graders.