School spirit was apparent at Morgan Hill’s two comprehensive
high schools last week as students celebrated their Homecoming
week, culminating in wins by both schools’ football teams on the
weekend.
Morgan Hill
School spirit was apparent at Morgan Hill’s two comprehensive high schools last week as students celebrated their Homecoming week, culminating in wins by both schools’ football teams on the weekend.
Live Oak Acorns upheld years of tradition, marking each school day with a different dress-up day and special lunchtime activities.
Darcy Foster, Live Oak Associated Student Body advisor, dove right in to her first time coordinating the events, but said she couldn’t have pulled it all together without the hard work of her ASB students.
Friday’s fun included a parade through Morgan Hill, a rally and the football game, complete with half-time fireworks and presentation of the Homecoming Court.
Live Oak senior Katrina Lusher was crowned queen.
“This has to be amongst the best spirit I’ve seen in years,” said Live Oak Principal Nick Boden. “The students were energized and on their best behavior. It was evident hey were really proud to be a part of Live Oak history.”
Foster added that the community supported the students and the school. Merchants, including Johnson Lumber and Hale Lumber, donated hundreds of dollars worth in supplies students used to construct creative floats for the parade, and local car dealerships provided cars for the Homecoming princesses to ride on during the parade.
Sobrato students also “put on the dog,” with dress-up days and floats in a Jungle theme. Friday afternoon, the class floats paraded around the student parking lot, and later that evening, students gathered in the gym for a rally, followed by a bonfire in the back field.
During a half-time ceremony, the Homecoming Court was introduced, and Sobrato senior Kathleen Lawson was crowned “Jane,” while senior Adrian Alcantara was named “Tarzan.”
“It was all good, I think we had a lot of participation, particularly from the seniors and the juniors, cause they’ve had the most practice,” said Sobrato junior Catherine Connors. “The best part, to me, was the rally, and the floats were really wonderful. My favorites were, of course, the juniors float cause I’m biased, but the freshmen float was really cute.”
Catherine said she thinks Sobrato students are doing a good job of creating traditions of their own to pass to other classes as the school matures.
