Revere High School’s (RHS) seniors selected this year’s homecoming court, and the Student Council prepared for the homecoming dance for the students of RHS to enjoy.
Adviser Beth D’Amico and the student council spent the last year planning for the homecoming dance, which took place on September 27 inside of the main gym at RHS. Students voted on The Great Gatsby as the dance theme. President of the RHS Senior Student Council Isabelle Aiken was the leader in planning the events.
Aiken talked about the process of getting a DJ. The homecoming dance needed a DJ scheduled fast because it is first come first serve. The DJ has to play music for students to enjoy during the dance.
“[Student council] usually tr[ies] to get a DJ. We’ve had [one] before, and [we] try to rebook them, but if they’re not available, then we have to schedule a different one because everyone’s scheduling DJs at the same time,” Aiken said.
Aiken and the student council introduced new features so everyone can enjoy homecoming this year.
“We have a different DJ this year. He did Walsh’s prom last year. We’re bringing back the strobe lights,” Aiken said. “They won’t be going on the entire time because there’s some students, like our strong teens, who are very sensitive to or can be sensitive to overstimulation that we don’t want to make uncomfortable.”
Aiken talked about how the student council has been planning the different themes such as Star Wars, The Great Gatsby, Under the Sea, and Spy that RHS students voted on at the start of the school year.
“We started our meetings actually at the end of last year when we all were given our positions, and then we made different dates [so] we could meet up and talk about themes that we want,” Aiken said.
D’Amico talked about her process with her fellow advisor Emily Rion about how they help the student council with planning for the big dance.
“Mrs. Rion and I are co-advisors. So basically just making sure everything’s in its proper place. Tickets are sold. Decorations are under control by the students. . . . [Students spend] all day Saturday morning until early afternoon [during] the actual dance [setting up and tearing down], and then making sure there’s enough water for everybody because it gets really, really hot there,” D’Amico said.
Even with all the growth they have had over this time, they have still had to face hardships while planning for the upcoming dance. D’Amico talked about the biggest hardship they had to face.
“Time [is the biggest challenge] because everything is time-sensitive. We can’t do the cords. We can’t vote on the theme. And then making that quick turnaround to getting the decorations or the chaperones in place. So it’s the time. When homecoming’s in October, it’s a little different. But having it in September, it’s a push and it’s a rush,” D’Amico said.
Another big part of homecoming is the court. Each class votes a girl and a boy to become the grade’s homecoming representatives. The seniors nominated six girls—Ria Mahapatra, Caroline Wilson, Kate Saltis, Natasha Pokrajac, Zsofia Jakab and Sophie Apple—and six boys—Tyler Frate, James Perry, Donovan Juby, Cayden Ross, Arthur Peron and Langston Ford—into the homecoming court. Elected senior Tyler Frate was grateful for his nomination to the Homecoming court.
“Honestly, I just appreciate that they view me as a good guy. . . . It means that I have impacted others to the point where they wanted me to be on the court,” Frate said.
Donovan Juby was grateful and surprised about his nomination to the homecoming court.
“It surprised me. I didn’t know it was going to happen. I didn’t think that I had reached out to as many people as I thought it would have taken to get on the court. But it was a very, very pleasant surprise,” said Juby.
He talked about how being on the court reflects his high school career.
“To me, especially these last couple years that I’ve been here, it means I’ve been a good person, been good to people and really connected to a whole bunch of the Revere family,” said Juby.
Revere selected James Perry as this year’s homecoming king and Caroline Wilson as this year’s homecoming queen at the RHS football games on September 26.
