Wildcats Homecoming 2026

• Each class participates in a fundraising competition for charity.
• Charity money must be collected during lunch and must be exchanged for an item.
   

Homecoming float building will take place during Spirit Week, Tuesday, September 22 through Friday, September 25. A signed permission slip must be returned to the high school office by the end of the school day on Friday, September 18 in order to participate.

USE THIS LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE PERMISSION SLIP

1. Students will not be permitted to enter the bus garage unless they have handed in the appropriate permission slip.
2. Students will not be allowed into the bus garage after 7:30 PM. All late arrivals must have prior approval from Building Administration and/or Homecoming Advisors.
3. Students will not be allowed to leave the bus garage once they have arrived. They will be allowed to leave for bathroom breaks. If they leave the bus garage, they will not be permitted back in and parents will be notified. Students may not be in the parking lot.
4. Students may be asked to leave by Class Advisors and Homecoming Chairs. This will be done for those who are not following school and Homecoming rules. They will not be allowed in for any other nights.
5. You must wear shoes/sneakers.
6. You must follow the Code of Conduct while at the bus garage.
7. Voting for the Homecoming Court will take place Thursday night. You must be at the bus garage for at least three nights to be considered a member of the court.

Additional rules re: student conduct during float building (from HoCo 2026 Flyer)

• Every class must have its work area cleaned up each night. The area will be checked by the advisors.
• All school rules are in effect as per the Code of Conduct.
• Any damage done to the facility by any member of a class is the financial responsibility of the class.
• All students must have signed permission slips turned in by the deadline. Only those students with signed permission slips will be allowed to work at the bus garage.
• Students must sign in and out at the bus garage.
• Students should wear old clothes and bring jackets for cold weather.
• NO FLIP FLOPS!!!
• If a student is not working or creates a disturbance, the student will be asked to leave and may not return on future evenings. Parents will be notified.
• Students must arrange their own transportation to and from the bus garage.
• Students must be picked up by 9:00 p.m. or lose attendance privileges.

1. The float will be built only by the hands and ideas of students. Parents may not work on the float. Students may not use power saws. Cutting of wood MUST be done by parental volunteers at an assigned location. Parents may not diagram, paint, or do any work on the float.
2. Materials cannot come in pre-constructed.
3. Items cannot be used as actual items on the float. For example, if you want a tiki torch on your float, you cannot go out and buy a tiki torch. It must be made from other materials.
4. The float should include independent movement.
5. No more than one battery-powered device (radio) will be allowed on the float.
6. There may be no more than two people on the float during the parade performance.
7. You should not be on the float while it is moving. 

1. Wood will be supplied (not for everything), along with leftover paint.
2. Sod will be provided on Thursday.
3. You will be supplied with material for a banner which can be carried or attached to the back of the float.
4. Items you should consider bringing include paint, cardboard, wood, paint brushes, hammers, nails, decorations, hot glue guns, pencils, markers, and Solo cups for paint.
    

1. The work area for all classes must be neat and clean at all times.
   Classes that disregard this rule will have points taken away during float judging.
2. Please paint neatly.
   Have something underneath what you are painting at all times.
   NO SPRAY PAINT.
3. Paint brushes must be cleaned off each night.
   Please make sure sinks are kept clean.
4. Limit food and drinks in the bus garage.
    

1. All Homecoming Chairs, Class Advisors, and float workers must be at the bus garage for float demolition on Saturday after the parade.
2. Each class must provide at least six students, in addition to those listed above, for float and bus garage cleanup on Saturday.