Last year, more than 200 students crammed into the Small Gym, dancing the night away during the first-ever Spring Fling dance, as a culmination to Spring Fling Week.

The Spring Fling dance, taking place this year on April 7, replaced the longtime Sadie Hawkins dance last year in an effort to boost attendance. For Sadies, the tradition was that girls were supposed to ask boys to the dance, but for years, attendance had been on the decline, so organizers tried something new that hope becomes a tradition.

“I think the Spring Fling dance is a great way to top off a fun week of Powder Puff (football),” sophomore officer George Bian said. “It brings ‘TOGAther’ the whole school after fighting it out in the Powder Puff games and is really the main school wide event to look forward to in the spring.”

The commissioners hope that more promotion on Facebook and other platforms will spur even more people to attend.

“We want to make our profile pictures really cute and artsy, so we’re going to try and make it more fun. We also have posters going up,” sophomore dance commissioner Nicole Wong said.

The main difference this year is the theme, the commissioners said. This year the theme is called #SeaLife to maintain the trend using the hashtags for the entire Spring Fling week.

“The difference for this year is the under the sea theme. We are planning on incorporating more decorations this year and more activities to involve students and get more people to come to this dance,” dance commissioner Connor Reyes said.