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Spirit Week

The week leading up to Homecoming at our local high school – and throughout the district – is called Spirit Week.  Yesterday kicked off the start of Spirit Week 2010 with the annual reversal game.  The girls – juniors versus seniors – play flag football while the boys are cheerleaders.  This year there were two junior band members who played also.  Enjoy the slideshow!

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Do you remember Spirit Week as a high schooler?  Do you remember doing it with/for your children?


Homecoming in Morgantown

It is homecoming weekend in Morgantown, West Virginia.  I remember the homecoming parades and big football games when I spent three years in Morgantown in the early 80′s.  I remember the floats and the celebrations and the Pride of WV marching down the street.  This year’s homecoming opponent is Syracuse and you can see the Countdown to the Kickoff.

An extra added to this year’s homecoming festivities were the former midnight madness to start off the NCAA basketball season.  Mountaineer Madness Friday began at 9:30 pm last night and included all kinds of fun at the Coliseum.  While not quite the thrill of a Midnight Madness, this allowed many more to come out and see the competitions the Mountaineers put on.

Go Mountaineers!

And yes, as an addition, homecoming this year came with an extra special surprise.  Michigan loses to Toledo, its first ever loss to a MAC team.


Homecoming

Well, last weekend was homecoming at my two son’s high school.  This means there was a week of events at school and then homecoming Saturday.  All fine and good but the weather, for the first time in my memory, canceled the annual parade.

Homecoming week starts off with the Junior-Senior Reversal game.  The junior and senior girls play flag football.  Supposedly, the junior and senior boys are suppose to be cheerleaders but this year there were no cheerleaders.

Throughout the week, there were different spirit days – college shirt day, etc – ending with school colors day on Friday.  Friday was also a huge pep rally at the high school.

Saturday is normally a long day, all in town, for me and mine.  The weather this year did not allow for that.  The parade was canceled on Friday afternoon.  It was actually postponed and will be held October 18 – although I have recently voiced concerns over that date as it is PSAT test day. 

So when the fun and broken bones ended, we had won the football game.  The boys came home with time to shower and make themselves presentable for dates, dinner and a dance.

My Two Youngest

My Two Youngest


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