In year 3 of COVID-19, the virus remains — but mask mandates, contact tracing and social distancing have mostly disappeared from schools. At Columbine High School, homecoming was as normal as normal can be during a global pandemic, jessicaseaman writes
since returning to their classrooms as school boards and administrators worry about potential learning losses caused by the disruption to in-person teaching.
Six members of the softball team gathered around a net to play a game called spikeball. Nearby, their classmates tossed beanbags at cornhole boards. Throngs of teenagers lined up at two food trucks for churros and creamy, carbonated soda concoctions. “When the student body gets together, it’s a different kind of community than I think other schools have,” said senior Jersey Jamison, senior class president. “It shares a bond that no place around here really has.”
The Student Senate — which is made up of teenagers elected by their peers to represent their class through roles such as president, secretary and historian — plans homecoming. So it’s students like Joey, Sydney, Jersey and Ashlyn who decide on the spirit day themes. They chase down teachers to get chaperones for events, sell dance tickets and emcee the assembly.
The 17-year-old barely remembers attending homecoming week as a freshman. Last year’s dance, which was still not quite back to pre-pandemic times, was the only one she really recalled. That dance drew a large crowd — which Sydney hoped would happen again — as students were excited about its return.And at the same time, Sydney said, “I’m realizing it’s my last homecoming.”
Sydney was already on the move, leaving the others to deal with the poster. She passed students blowing up balloons and joined another group, helping them push a trolley filled with tables outside.
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