Homecoming week kicks off with class shirt day 

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The 24-25 Homecoming week commences the “Heritage Ever After” themed celebrations. The first day, Oct. 14, marks class shirt day, where students wear one color to match with the rest of their class. Following the dress-down day, SGA hosted the homecoming tailgate as well as the powderpuff football game. 

Seniors celebrate their last homecoming week by wearing the color red, the color that Heritage historically uses to represent the senior class. Senior Lila Cohen, pictured above next to senior Hanna Zhang,  said “I’m so excited to show my school spirit and really embrace the Homecoming spirit before I leave Heritage” regarding her last homecoming week. (Photos/Jaiden Bomar, Emma Colarte Delgado, Zoe Horwitz, Adiya Mukhitdinov, Alina Sukhovskaya and Zain Masood)

The student center is filled with hustle and bustle during the Homecoming rush. Every class wore their respective class colors (red for seniors, purple for juniors, blue for sophomores and green for freshmen). (Photo/Alexander Ngo)

Left: Dr. Pedrone’s second period class all represents their class before starting work on their group project for the week. (Photo/Ms. Cohen)

Middle: Math competition seniors take a photo before lunch period to honor their long-standing tradition of taking a group photo. (Photo/Arsh Lalani)

Left: Senior Yusuf Sheikh has fun with his friends seniors Jake Zeng and Shreyan Singha. “It was really cool seeing everyone pop out in all red,” Sheikh said. (Photo/Arsh Lalani)

During lunch, SGA hosted powderpuff practice for the game later this evening. Game coverage can be found at the ipatriotpost.com around 9 p.m. (Photos/ Emma Colarte Delgado and Nina Vieira)

Senior Mathew Ruiz and sophomore Brady Rice practice to cheer during lunch to prepare for the powderpuff game later that night. (Photos/Roma Agarwal and Emma Colarte Delgado)

Junior high also joined in the class fun, repping their respective class colors during their lunch period. While not able to attend the actual Homecoming dance, junior high is still able to participate in dress-up days. Seventh graders wear yellow and eighth graders wear orange. (Photos/Emma Colarte Delgado and Olivia Chung)

Freshmen enjoy their first Homecoming week of high school by going all out. Practicing for the powderpuff game later that night and going all out in repping their school spirit with green bandanas and face paint. (Photos/Olivia Chung, Emma Colarte Delgado, Kayra Dayi, Camila Doerflerr, Zoe Horwitz and Alexander Ngo)

Student Government Association (SGA) spent the previous week creating signs in order to display around the campus. These posters are themed to each class and are able to provide information and generate school spirit for the upcoming week. (Photos/Emma Colarte Delgado, Zoe Horwitz, Arsh Lalani and Adiya Mukhitdinov)

Juniors and sophomores enjoy their week, already having experienced a homecoming week, but still have more homecomings to come. (Photos/Emma Colarte Delgado, Camila Doerffler, Arsh Lalani, Zain Masood and  Adiya Mukhitdinov)

As a rising senior, this is Emma’s third year in the Patriot Post and she’s excited to be the Online Editor this year. Outside of newspaper, she’s Co-President of the journalism honor society, Quill and Scroll, and also the Editor-in-Chief of the Sigma Xi Honor Society magazine. She is also involved in and has officer positions in Science Research, Sigma Xi, FBLA, Model UN, SNHS, and other clubs, including honor societies and her own nonprofit. In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching dramas on Netflix, listening to Taylor Swift, and hanging out with friends and family. She’s very excited to work on the Patriot Post this year!