As a long-standing high school tradition, Homecoming is integral to the high school experience. BASIS Homecoming Spirit Week was filled with fun days of dressing up from Monday, October 16, to Friday, October 20 — a week filled with fun and school spirit!
Yellow Jackets showed their school spirit throughout the week by dressing up to the different themes every day! On Meme Monday, students recreated various viral memes, including the Smurf cat. Students paired with their friends for Twin Tuesday, wearing identical outfits. Barbenheimer Wednesday was an ode to their respective movies, Barbie the Movie and Oppenheimer, released on the same weekend this July. The hallways were filled with contrasting pink bedazzled outfits, black suits and hats, and combinations of both. Zoom Formal Thursday was a throwback to online school, where students juxtaposed their pajama pants with blazers and collared shirts. Finally, the entire school dressed for Class Color Friday: middle schoolers in yellow, freshmen in purple, sophomores in red, juniors in blue, and seniors in green.
Student Panel members decorated the hallways with colorful notes of their class spirit. The first hallway was filled with dollar signs and green streamers, alluding to the senior’s love for money. Next, a hallway filled with yellow for the middle schoolers. Pasted to the wall was a life-size inflatable Elmo from the sophomores. Finally, the most magical hallway had a dimmed blue light for the junior’s Under the Sea theme.
On Friday, students packed into the MPR for the pep rally. Each grade sported flamboyant pom poms that corresponded to their class color. The band showcased their talent through beautiful pieces, including an instrumental version of “Bad Guy'' by Billie Eilish. Then, the senior class surprised the school with a dance to Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic and Finesse, organized and choreographed by Aditi P. (12). The pep rally ended with each grade competing in a game of charades where a representative acted out a classmate. The entire time, the MPR was filled with great energy, high-pitched screaming, and a lot of school spirit!
Homecoming officially came to an end with the homecoming dance! High schoolers returned in the evening to enjoy a night of pizza and music to dance with their friends. The dance featured performances from our fellow students. Aashirya V.M. (12) sang Diamonds by Rihanna and received applause and support. Besides our BASIS students, the MPR was filled with high schoolers from all over the Bay Area — current students, former students, and friends from other schools were all in attendance to dance the night away. Former teacher Ms. Ray made an appearance, and students were overjoyed to meet her again. After all the dancing and mingling, we woke up the following day with sore legs.
Thank you to Student Panel and Auxiliary, who planned this event and made this week possible! We can’t wait till next year!