HOCO 2024

 This year our kids had a great time dressing up and participating in all the homecoming activities. Students built floats and had a parade (this tradition was dropped years ago), and it seemed like a lot more kids dressed up than usual. St. Ed's joined in on the fun as well and both boys did a great job putting together their own costumes. 

RJ, Sam and Ian with Briar, Liv and Bella after their JV game

Students from my Spanish class on "Out of the Woods Day"

My favorite of Elena's costumes for the week. She created this Lorax costume herself for Out of the Woods Day.

Frank also put together this costume for Wild West Day without any help. I was impressed!

Charlie, ready for Blue and Gold Day. (He did wear a shirt, by the way)

Sam's highlight was the football game Friday night, in which he blocked a kid and sent him flying through the air. First and foremost, I am thankful the kid didn't get injured. Sam got a penalty and has to buy donuts for the team, but says it was worth it. His coaches said they would have been proud of him 10 years ago when those kinds of hits were still legal, but as things are now, the subsequent touchdown made from the play didn't count. We were ahead by over 50 points at that time anyway. 

I don't have a picture of the actual hit, but a woman from our community who takes pictures during sporting events happened to take a picture immediately after the hit. You can see Sam right above the guy on the ground. But more interesting than the boys are the looks captured on the faces of the opposing team and their fans. There are lots of mouths in a big O shape (especially the women). You can see everyone's immediate reaction to the hit (except for the one kid on the left staring at his phone who missed it altogether.)