Homecoming Recap
From the 2nd to the 4th of October, OHS students traveled from all over the world to the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C., for homecoming. Homecoming is traditionally an American football game at which alumni, students, and parents show their school spirit, and even though we do not have an official OHS football team, we can celebrate our school in our own way. From Thursday morning to Saturday night, this year’s homecoming was filled with events: ice skating, pastry walks, night tours, bowling, and even a Pixel detective to win a prize, students rating an average of 4.5/5 stars overall, but let’s recap from the start.
On the first day, Thursday, most students had already settled into the Capital Hilton hotel, which is within walking distance from almost all of the visiting places of D.C.: memorials, monuments, museums and the White House. For the majority of Thursday, juniors and seniors spent their time on college tours. In the afternoon, students attended the Capitol Hill tour, board games and bracelet making in the eveningand to end the first day, “The Curse of the Mummy” and “A Pirate's Adventure” escape room.
The the first official day of homecoming, Friday, students began to check in and go to the pastry walk. Afternoon activities consisted of the student assembly, with fun games and snacks. In the evening, students went bowling at Pinstripes and on a moonlight walking tour, viewing memorials and monuments around town at night.
“I went to the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. I had a lot of fun at both, but I have to say that the Natural History Museum was my favorite. It's hard to top the Hope Diamond,” sophomore Beatrice Pook said.
Museum tours, exceptional in the historical city of Washington DC, started Saturday. In the afternoon, there were more museum tours, board games, arts and crafts and ice skating. Later in the day was hanging out with friends in the lobby, and getting ready for the biggest event of homecoming, the dance, the traditional gem of homecoming.
“Managing homework was definitely tricky,” freshman Melanie Caplan de Argenton e Queiroz says. Similarly, “Just before midterm season, this homecoming was built from procrastination,” 7th grader Aiden Giang says.
Students from middle school and high school said that their favorite part was hanging out with friends and meeting new people. The average rating out of five stars for homecoming is 4.5, so this could be counted as a great homecoming!