Clarke Central High School senior and homecoming queen nominee Jocelyn Jones stands in front of a poster advertising her run on Oct. 2. Jones believes that by running for homecoming queen, she can encourage more students to have school spirit and get involved with school activities. “I’m pretty much cool with everybody. A lot of people know me, not just in the school but in the community, so I’d be a good representation for schools,” Jones said. “I’m trying to use ways, like handing out candy, stuff like that, to get other people involved in the vote and be more involved in school.” Photo by Natalie Schliekelman
Clarke Central High School students will vote for homecoming king and queen on Oct. 9.
Clarke Central High School students voted for homecoming court during advisement on Sept. 25 and will vote for homecoming king and queen on Oct. 9. The king and queen will be crowned on Oct. 18 at the homecoming game.
“Voting was based upon nominations. Every girl in the school was nominated. (Students) pick the girl that (they) wanted to represent the grade. The girl that had the highest number of votes was the representative for each grade level,” CCHS English department teacher Katrina Towns, who is in charge of the homecoming court, said.
CCHS senior and homecoming queen nominee Jocelyn Jones believes that the voting system for the 2019-20 school year was an improvement from the 2018-19 school year.
“(This year I feel) like (it was) easier to organize, and we got to know the results faster that way,” Jones said. “My ninth grade year we had a little difficulty because of the last names and classes and all that, but this year is just more organized. The teachers are also spreading the word a little bit more.”
For Towns, homecoming is an important way for schools to express school pride.
“(Homecoming) allows the students to have expression of school pride as well as do fun stuff,” Towns said. “Everybody likes to have someone that represents their class. Homecoming court is a way to showcase your girls and your guys in your class and that pride of the parents seeing them walk across the field.”
Jones agrees that homecoming can help increase school spirit by encouraging students to participate in school activities.
“I wanted to get out more and have school spirit a little bit more,” Jones said. “I’ve been trying to campaign, trying to get everybody involved in school (activities) because a lot of people really don’t vote for (homecoming court).”
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