Classes prepare as Homecoming approaches

Since the Homecoming themes were revealed on the first week of school, the classes have been busy planning for the celebratory week that starts Oct. 12.

The overall theme is “A Land Far, Far Away,” and the seniors have “Star Wars,” the juniors have “Straight on ‘til Neverland,” the sophomores have “Winnie the Pooh’s Hundred Acre Woods” and the freshmen have the “Lost City of Atlantis.” The seniors seem to be ahead of other classes so far, with the plot, skits and dances of their quad day well in progress.

Senior Aakash Thumaty, president of the ASB, said seniors are still working especially hard on the script in an effort to avoid distasteful jokes.

“This year we have a select group of students who are very dedicated and responsible creating the final version of the script making sure that we avoid inappropriate jokes and insults to other classes,” Thumaty said.

The seniors have also been planning to get their entire class involved in decorations.

Senior decorations head Yena Jeong said that her class is using a lot of online organizing tools such as calendars and survey forms to make sure everyone can participate.

Meanwhile, junior class president Ellicia Chiu is confident in the progress her class has made in decorations.

“Even though we had a slow start in the beginning, after themes were announced, everything started speeding up, and I'm really happy with our progress so far,” Chiu said. “Usually, at meetings, I'll listen and draw sketches for people to explain what they want to get across.”

Similarly, members of the sophomore class is doing significantly better on their second Homecoming.

“We have started to plan our dances and acquire choreographers to coordinate the dances,” sophomore class treasurer Nathon Chin said . “So far, the whole class has been collaborating on Facebook for script ideas and decorations.”

The freshman class, however, is still continuing to work through problems such as covering the expenses of their decorations.

“We are currently planning on asking for parent donations preliminarily,” said freshman president Roshan Verma. “We will most likely figure out some type of fundraiser at one of our meetings.”

According to Verma, the freshmen also still need to put finishing touches on their decorations planning and have yet to teach the dances to students.

“We are planning to use iconic scenes and decorations from the movie in order to simulate what the movie is like but have a special Saratoga twist on it,” Verma said. “There are things that we have already started building that we are going to use.”