Whitehall High School is gearing up for its annual homecoming celebration, which will last all next week leading up to Friday's football game and Saturday's dance.
The 2025 homecoming theme is board games, and each class will build floats that fit the theme to be part of the homecoming parade, which begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 at the Viking Athletic Center and also ends at the VAC.
The school will also host a pep assembly at the end of the school day Friday. The homecoming king and queen will be crowned at halftime of the football game against Oakridge, and the royalty, as well as all Whitehall students, will celebrate at the homecoming dance Saturday, Oct. 4 from 8-11 p.m. at the high school.
A week of dress-up days will be part of the celebration as well. Monday will be Anything but a Backpack day, encouraging students to find creative alternative ways to transport their books around the school during that day. Tuesday will see students pair up to dress up as dynamic duos, and Wednesday will have dueling "Country Western vs. Country Club" themes with students aiming to dress in ways that fit one of the two categories.
The final two dress-up days will be Thursday's board game theme day and Friday's Viking dress-up day, with each class being assigned a school color. Freshmen have been assigned to wear red, sophomores white and juniors black, with seniors given all three to accessorize as desired.
