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Homecoming 2011 was not a storybook ending for everybody—who will ever forget the sophomores’ unfortunate disqualification—but most students said the school’s biggest week of celebration was worth all the effort.

Seniors, as always, were pumped up and went all out in their decorations and quad day. They produced a well coordinated event that all students enjoyed.

“I think the seniors’ quad day was well organized. Overall, it was a great experience to watch.” said junior Eric Tang.

Juniors also pulled off a successful quad day, which acted as a breath of fresh air for many of the teachers and students after the sophomore quad day fiasco.

“The junior and senior quad days were some of the best I’ve seen since being in high school,” senior Dominic Guercio said.

Since the beginning of summer, the Homecoming commission has worked diligently to plan one of the most anticipated school weeks of the year. The commission booked decorations, DJ and created the bids and themes. In addition, they also started a book drive in spirit of Homecoming. All of this effort put into Homecoming paid off.

“I think the dance was really successful. A lot of people liked the DJ and I feel like about the same amount of people went to homecoming this year as last year, just a little less,” Homecoming commissioner Priscilla Chu said.

According to assistant principal Karen Hyde, about 533 people attended the dance. Although there was a decrease in attendance at the Homecoming dance this year compared to last year, overall Homecoming week was a still a success.

“This was the best-run Homecoming ever. I didn’t have to do anything, it just kind of went,” Hyde said.

Homecoming Court results were also announced after the Freshmen quad day on Sept. 27. The winners are as follows: freshmen voted for York Wang as their prince and Amy Shepherd as their princess, sophomores Bobby Vithanage and Lizzie Ioannou represented their class and the juniors cheered as Benedict Chiu won for prince and Michelle Chan for princess.

The seniors’ top three nominees for king and queen were: Troy Doles, Chris Jones, Anshu Siripurapu, Izzy Albert, Kari Clark and Isabel McPherson. The King and Queen results were announced during halftime in the Homecoming game on Sept. 30. Jones and Albert were crowned King and Queen, respectively. The Falcons later celebrated a victorious 40-14 win against the Los Altos Eagles.

“I was really surprised, but in a good way!” Albert said. “It was awesome to just be nominated, but winning was also such an honor.”

Much of the senior class agrees that their last Homecoming was one to remember, even with the late nights and added stress.

“My favorite part [of Homecoming] was really the whole thing,” Guercio said. “Bonding with our whole class over quad day was great. I thought our quad day turned out amazing, the game went well, and the dance was probably my favorite dance ever.”

Homecoming results are as follows: seniors took first place, juniors second and freshmen third. The sophomores were disqualified due to poor behaviour and judgement in their quad day.

“Quad day [judging] was unanimously seniors,” Hyde said. “I like the fact that there was more participation this year in decorations and quad day, particularly [with] the juniors and seniors.”

Currently, seniors are first place with 437.5 points in the class cup, a year long competition in which each grade level competes for points to determine which class has the most spirit. The juniors follow in suit with 346.8 points, freshmen taking third with 162.3 points and the sophomores trailing behind with 130.9 points.