Movie Star Monday.
Homecoming Spirit Week is a busy and exciting tradition that all students look forward to. School spirit is generated by the student body engaging in school activities like themed dress up days, school pep rallies, and the homecoming game and dance. Each day offers a fun new theme where students can creatively express themselves and show their school pride by dressing up.
Having this opportunity to appear in something other than the traditional uniform to school and dress up for one of these themes creates a bond among everyone. This year, the themes include Movie Star Monday, Rhyme Without Reason, Crazy Socks, Pajama Day, and Homecoming T-Shirt Day. The fun is not limited to students alone. Faculty and staff also enjoy this opportunity to play along and enjoy the festivities.
Movie Star Monday is definitely one of the most popular themes of Homecoming Week. Fans of movies and tv shows had the opportunity to impersonate the characters they adore following on the screen and social media. It was a fun challenge to try to identify the character each student was portraying. Who did we see walking down the halls of high school, or should we say the “red carpet”? Some of those characters were Tom Cruise in Top Gun, Jenna Ortega in Wednesday, Adam Sandler or Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls to name a few.
One did not need to spend a lot of money on purchasing costumes from big box stores to dress like a movie star. All that was required was some imagination and creativity. There were several do it yourself ideas that were just a Google search away. The perfect attire may have already been in a student’s closet, their parent’s closet, or a local thrift store. An Audrey Hepburn look could be easily pulled together with a black dress, black gloves, and wearing your hair up in a bun. A minion costume could be accomplished with a yellow shirt, goggles, and blue overalls. Adam Sandler costumes were simply composed of baggy basketball shorts, long baggy t-shirt, and tennis shoes. Barbie costumes were easy to outfit with a pink shirt and pants and accessories such as a purse and heels.
It was amusing to see some students join together as a group and choose to participate and dress up like the cast of Mean Girls, Disney or Pixar films, Marvel, Top Gun, Adams Family, or Great Gatsby. Overall, this day provided the perfect opportunity for both students and faculty to show off their favorite movie star.
