This year’s crown bearer is Luke Schoenthaler, son of Derek and Lyndsae Schoenthaler, and the flower girl is Brynlee Honas, daughter of Cody and Megan Honas.
2025 HOMECOMING WEEK ACTIVITIES THEME: ONCE UPON A TIME
Class Float Themes: Movies
Seniors: "Cars"
Juniors: "Finding Nemo"
Sophomores: "Monsters Inc."
Freshmen: "Up"
Spirit Week (Oct. 6-10)
Monday: Sleeping Beauty (Pajama Day)
Tuesday: Cars (Jersey Day)
Wednesday: Inside Out (Class Colors Day)
Seniors: Black, Juniors: Blue, Sophomores: Green, Freshmen: Yellow, JH: Red, Staff: Gray
Thursday: Beauty and the Beast (Dressed to the Nines or Hobo Day)
Friday: High School Musical (Orange & Black Day)
Bonfire
Date/Time: Thursday, Oct. 9 at 8:30 p.m.
Location: South of Ellis High School
Meeting Place: Tennis Courts at 8:15 p.m.
Friday Schedule (High School Students)
10:15 a.m. – High school students will be released for class pictures
10:30 a.m. – High school students will play a dodgeball tournament in the gym (Games are five minutes in length)
Game 1: Juniors vs. Sophomores
Game 2: Seniors vs. Freshmen
Game 3: Juniors vs. Freshman
Game 4: Seniors vs. Sophomores
Game 5: Sophomores vs. Freshman
Game 6: Seniors vs. Juniors
11 a.m. – High students will play capture the flag in the front quad and east of the gym (Games are 8 minutes in length)
East Front
Game 1: Juniors vs. Sophomores
Game 1: Seniors vs. Freshmen
Game 2: Juniors vs. Freshman
Game 2: Seniors vs. Sophomores
Game 3: Sophomores vs. Freshman
Game 3: Seniors vs. Juniors
11:30 a.m. – STUCO barbecue
noon – Leave for North Campus
12:15 p.m. – Powder Puff Football (Games are 10 minutes in length)
Game 1: Seniors vs. Sophomores
Game 2: Juniors vs. Freshmen
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2
12:45 p.m. – Iron Man Volleyball (Games played to 15)
Game 1: Staff vs. Freshman
Game 2: Staff vs. Sophomores
Game 3: Staff vs. Juniors
Game 4: Staff vs. Seniors
1:30 p.m. – Dismiss to line up for parade
Friday Schedule (All Students)
1:30 p.m. – Parade Line-up at the North Campus
1:55 p.m. – JH students released (ride the buses to the North Campus or Memorial Park)
2:15 p.m. – Parade begins
2:45 p.m. – Pep Rally at Memorial Park
3:15 p.m. – JH students who need to return to EHS will load the bus at Memorial Park
5 p.m. – Homecoming barbecue sponsored by the Booster Club
6:30 p.m. – Crowning ceremony
7 p.m. – Football game vs. Quinter
Parade Route
Parade will leave the North Campus (Old High School), going East on 10th Street to Dorrance Street.
They will turn South on Dorrance Street and continue to 13th Street.
They will turn East on 13th Street and continue until they get to Washington Street (Washington Grade School).
They will turn North on Washington Street and continue to 8th Street (Bukovina Society).
They will turn West on Eighth Street to Jefferson Street and then turn South on Jefferson Street (Post Office).
They will continue South through Ninth Street to the lot west of Memorial Park. The parade will end here.
Dance
8 – 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11
