Dress-up days: The one time all year when students have the freedom to dress as creatively and wacky as possible, as long as they relate to whatever  the theme is for that day.

“I like to call them spirit days,” Leo Biette, Cabinet member and junior, said. “You get to show your school spirit and it shows people that you are still having fun even though you are at school.”

However, some students do not take advantage of these days, and Senate sponsor Michelle Foutz, who works with the student government in planning the days, said that’s a shame.

“(Students) should want to get involved in their school and it doesn’t take a lot of effort to do. It’s fun for the students; you’re more of a part of what’s going on when you’re involved,” Foutz said. “Some people don’t realize and some people don’t appreciate the Homecoming events that we have. There are a lot of schools that don’t have Homecoming at all or do much less than what we do, and I think that we take that for granted sometimes.”

In correlation with other Homecoming week activities, such as playhouse building and penny wars, all students are encouraged to participate to help their grade level win in the grade competition. Points are awarded based on the number of people per grade level that participate on a given dress-up day.

“We are fortunate that the administration gives us so many opportunities to do so many things during Homecoming week, and most people don’t have that,” Foutz said. “I like people to participate because not everyone gets that opportunity in other schools.”

“Students should participate because it’s a unique thing we always do once a year for Homecoming week,” senator and senior Ryan Cason said. “You got to make the most of it and go all out; looking like an idiot can be fun sometimes.”