Dress Up Days 2010

Sparta High School has recently ended their homecoming week, which in Sparta includes everything from assemblies, to the ugly men, to the homecoming football game. First thing Monday morning homecoming week started off with the dress up days. Dress up days at Sparta High are when kids and faculty members get to dress a certain way according to the specific day of the week. Senior, Amanda Thurston says,"Dress up days are always the best part of the whole week." Not only does Thurston enjoy dressing up for homecoming week, but so does her fellow students and teachers.

Teacher at Sparta High, Donna Kemp says,"A lot of people dressed up; about 77 percent of students in my class were dressed up all week. The only thing I would change about dress up days is that students should get out of class five minutes early instead of ten. Otherwise it's not enough time to be focused on school work. However, I love dressing up. It's a very good idea for our school." When asked if she would enjoy any other days to dress up like Kemp says,"Hawaiian day is always fun and the students usually dress up for it." There were many dress up days for the students and faculty to choose from and most of them had a positive outcome. 

Dress up days kicked off on Monday, September 20 with Professional Sports day. "I think it should've been all sports day, including high school sports instead." says Lindsey Herr, senior at Sparta High. Professional sports wasn't very popular that week but other days were much more exciting for students and the teachers.
Western day took place on tuesday with cowboy boots and hats galore! "The day I dressed up most was western day," says Herr," It was the easiest one for me to dress up as." As Western day ended, the braids were undone and the cowboy hats taken off, there was a certain excitement brewing for the next day. 

Wednesday the 21, one more day closer to the game on Friday, was nerd day. "Nerd day was my favorite day throughout the whole week." says Thurston. Suspenders and big, black glasses held together with tape were very famous on this day. "I think it should have been combined with a wacky wednesday thing." says Herr, "It would've been a lot easier and probably more fun." Nerd day was popular that week as many students got creative and found their geek side.



Decades day came next when, on Thursday, freshman dressed in the attire of the 60s, sophomores the '70s, juniors the '80s, and the seniors dressed in '90s outfits. Kemp says, "It was fun to see people dressed up in past outfits, but it was too hard to judge if students were dressed up that day because everyone had on something different."


"I think the decades should have went a century lower." adds Herr, " It would have been more fun and I bet more people would've dressed up that day." As Thursday ended everyone knew what day was in store for Sparta High. 

Friday, the day of the homecoming game and the day to dress with your Sparta spirit, was full of red and gold clothing, hair, leggings, and face paint. " Spartan Spirit day is always my favorite day," says Kemp," Everyone always dresses up and it really promotes our high school. I like how it gets everyone fired up." "Spartan spirit was tied for my favorite day with western day." says Herr. Even though the school day ends, the spirit stays high as kids head off to the parade and the game that night.