The homecoming craze is coming around once again.  Dress shopping, proposals, and so many more details are being planned out as we prepare for the  homecoming dance.

Homecoming is an annual dance held by many high schools around the country. Unlike prom, homecoming is an all-inclusive dance that all four grades are invited to attend. This year’s homecoming dance theme is “A Sky Full of Stars” and will be taking place on September 28th at HSE in the Main Café and Café D starting at 7:00 p.m.  However, it seems that underclassmen get more excited about homecoming than upperclassmen. But why?

“Underclassmen have not experienced as many events like homecoming before,” sophomore and Student Council underclassmen Liaison Casey Aslam said.  “I think so much excitement comes from how long they have been waiting to go to homecoming and other new events offered as underclassmen.”

While underclassmen are seemingly “isolated” from the other grades, this offers an opportunity to participate in school wide events. Underclassmen often go unrecognized or are considered last for roles and events in the school. The problem with this is that it’s the underclassmen who are more excited to be involved in these events when in reality, the whole school should be getting excited.

“Myself being an upperclassman, it’s hard to maintain school spirit sometimes,” senior and Student Council Co-President Claire Davidson said. “[But] when you’re a freshman and you’re new, your excited to experience high school.”

The solution to bridge the gap of school spirit between underclassmen and upperclassmen can be solved by creating more school wide events, or even creating events that is just for underclassmen. It is common to see events like prom and senior signing day be for just upperclassmen, but maybe creating events that are just for underclassmen will boost our school spirit and even help it carry on throughout students’ high school years.