Homecoming rally receives mixed reactions

PHOTO: The Homecoming rally featured a short, school-wide dancing party on the gym floor. Students were invited down from the bleachers to participate.

By Hayden Taillon,

BlueDevilHUB.com Staff–

Davis High Student Government put on a school-wide rally on Oct. 7 to kick off Homecoming week. There were two rallies; half of the students watched the first and the other half the second. It featured performances from the cheer, dance and football teams. 

The rally  started off with students parading costume examples for the upcoming spirit week. Monday was American Pie, Tuesday is Teen Beach, Wednesday is pink themed, Thursday is pajama day and Friday is blue themed to show support for the football team. 

Rally-goers were then asked to participate in a projector screen game of Kahoot!, an online quiz game designed for classrooms. 

After Kahoot!, students watched performances by the cheer, dance and football teams before being invited off the bleachers to dance in the center, then dismissed to their next class.

Although some students stepped down enthusiastically to dance, most remained in their seats and looked on, waiting to leave. This was a sentiment shared by many students, who felt underwhelmed and in some cases annoyed. 

“Nothing was particularly memorable… besides the aggressively thrown necklaces, which many of my friends complained about,” junior Laila Golde said.

Golde also noted that “the lack of organization and the hard to read kahoot game was mildly irritating.”

Junior Eva de la Peña also saw some issues. “There weren’t a lot of activities that students outside of Student Government or athletics took part in,” she said.

“I enjoyed most of it, but the dance party at the end was a little weird,” sophomore Frances Thayer said. 

Among the lukewarm reactions were students who say they enjoyed it.

“I thought the rally was a very spirited event and a way of bringing the school together,” junior Maya Sorter said. 

Senior Cedric Hughes agreed. “I think it’s always fun to get together as a school. I especially loved the cheerleaders and dance team performances,” he said.

DHS Student Government worked hard to plan the rally. However, there were some things that were difficult to organize. “The main thing we had to do was contact all the groups involved,” said Catie Fee, the senior who was in charge of planning the event. “This was especially difficult because we wanted to include more students than just Student Government.”

Fee also admitted to some issues with the planning. “One of our challenges was that we had to hold two rallies instead of one because the entire school in the gym is a fire hazard,” she said. 

“I think that it went really well,” Fee said, adding that she would like to see the whole school together at one rally in the future.