At homecoming the freshman took third place with the thoughts of what they can do better next time in their heads. The Seniors took first place with their float theme of Candy Land. The Sophomores took second with the theme of Monopoly. The Junior class came in fourth with their theme of Chess.
Freshmen are often disregarded as competition for the annual homecoming float contest due to inexperience. However, this gives the high school rookies more of a chance to exceed expectations.
For this year’s float, the class of 2015 chose to portray The Game of Life in a 3-D formate, aiming to go beyond assumptions with the goal to win.
The freshmen split up into two groups in September — one for designing and one for construction –, and went to work trying to artistically express their theme.
Jennifer Smith, became involved in the float’s building as a chance to support her class, and has been amazed with their dedication and final outcome.
“I wanted to help the freshman build the float because I thought it would be a good opportunity to get to know the class better and work together to make something awesome,” Smith said. “It’s actually been much better than I thought it’d turn out. I’m surprised and really pleased because all of our hard work has payed off.”
In many instances, lack of planning frequently hurts unexperienced freshmen. However, Jon Freitas feels that this has not been a problem for his class due to their teamwork.
“We have been pretty organized,” Freitas said. “We know what we’re doing and what we need and everyone has been working together to build the float. We have a lot of creative people who are also willing to give up their time to help.”
Mikayla Miller enjoys watching her classmates participate to create their vision, and already is anticipating adjustments for the future.
“I like seeing everyone there and working to gather to make the float,” Miller said. “But next time we should have more meetings and try to have everyone involved in some way so that they would really feel as though its their float. Also, we want to make sure that everyone agreed with the ideas of the float.”
In the first year of building, this class had a large turnout for all float meetings of almost 27 students. Though, in some cases, students like Alyssa Oakley were unable to attend.
“I was upset because I wanted to go and work on the float,” Oakley said. “I thought it would be a lot of fun, but my dad wouldn’t drop me off. However, I think it’s a good way to be a part of homecoming and the floats always look awesome and I would have been able to say I made an awesome float.”
The class project united the freshmen, which gave Justin Porter faith their abilities.
“We have discovered what we can accomplish on our own,” Porter said. “I was kinda surprised when I saw what we have done. I’ve definitely gotten much more confidence in my class because of our creativity and ability to carry out a plan as well as we did.”
The 27th annual homecoming event will take place on the North Field beginning at 6:45 p.m.
For more information about homecoming read the Oct. 7 article, BRIEF: Homecoming week schedule, 2011.
For other float articles, read the Oct. 11 article, Seniors anticipate last homecoming (VIDEO).
