Bloomingdale Yearbook

     Everyone knows that homecoming is a very significant event.  Whether it be the game, the dance or the week leading up, homecoming is a huge event.  But how does it all come to be? 

     SGA starts planning for homecomeing and spirit week as early as summer.  They begin by choosing the theme for the dance.  Members simply take any ideas that come to mind and sift through them untill they arrive at a top 3.  They then vote on the most popular from those.

     After a theme is chosen, SGA has to start making decorations.  They paint banners and make posters and signs for advertisement.  They also have to buy balloons and streamers and other things that match the theme.  This usually begins early in september, when members meet on Saturday mornings.  When it’s all said and done, homecoming can run into the 1000’s.

     In addition to planning the dance, Student Government also comes up with the days for Spirit Week.  The spirit committee looks back at previous years to see what students like and didn’ like.  They keep ones that people really love, like nerd day, and they try to experiment with new days if one wasn’t such a success in the past.

     Junior Janna Edwards is a member of SGA who enjoys planning the dance and watching it all come together.  Planning for homecoming is ”fun because I have alot of spirit and i like painting.”  “It’s lots of fun with other people too.”

Twas the week before school and all through Bloomingdale teachers were busy getting ready for the school year to come. But this year they didn’t have to do it alone. The members of SGA stepped up to the plate in the final weeks of summer to help the administration get their classrooms in order and such. Many of them even enjoyed it too. “It was a lot of fun and rewarding in a way where I knew we were not only helping prepare the school for the new year, but we were also helping each other individually,” said junior Cierra Roth. The job was also a good way for students to connect with their teachers.” I really enjoyed helping the teachers set up their classrooms for school, and it was an awesome way to get to know them!” exclaimed junior Rachel Harris. Overall it seems as though it was a rewarding experience for SGA members and I’m sure the teachers didn’t mind the extra help either.