Norman High’s recently celebrated homecoming with a week of dress-up days, a parade and the annual Stagecoach school dance.
Student council co-advisor and Norman High English teacher, Riley Burr, played a direct role in the planning and execution of this year’s homecoming event and felt it was a success.
“This was probably one of the smoothest years we’ve had with homecoming,” Mrs. Burr said.
Because of this year’s success, Burr is confident that years in the future will yield similar results.
“We have learned a lot this year, specifically about bonfire and organization at the bonfire. I think it’ll be another wonderful homecoming [next year]. The game is always a fun time.” Burr said.
The homecoming game is traditional in high school. Families and students love going beyond just the parade, bonfire, and dance. With Norman High’s newly upgraded stadium, the games are even more worthwhile.
However, some parts of homecoming could be improved despite still being enjoyed by many.
“I think the parade is always a point of improvement. It’s the logistics of having every float organized in the small Baptist parking lot.” Burr said. “That’s always very stressful, and we also didn’t put a lot of guidelines on the floats.”
Guidelines do not disrupt the enjoyment of the parade, but some floats were made last minute, adding to the stress.
“We had a semi truck this year, and we weren’t expecting that big of a truck,” Burr said. “… guidelines and making sure that hopefully we’ll get the floats organized sooner rather than in the moment, but we made it work.”
Despite any hiccups regarding the parade and the bonfire, homecoming was widely regarded as a success.
