School spirit flashed throughout the week at the many events held in honor of  the 10 year reunion of the first graduating class and the yearly Homecoming celebration. On ‘Matching Monday’ students dressed up to match their friends, movie characters, and favorite teachers. The hallways were filled with twins, minions, twin Beene’s and mini McCurdy’s. For Tuesday’s ‘Tacky Tuesday’ students’ attire went from mismatched, thrifted finds to long-socked, visor wearing tourists.  On Wednesday, students exhibited pride in their class through ‘Color Wars.’  Freshmen wore green, sophomores blue, juniors pink, and seniors went all out in white. On Thursday, students threw it back for ‘Throw-back Thursday.’  Some reminisced on their days as toddlers while others took a day to vicariously live through the sixties, seventies, and eighties. And finally, Friday was ‘Spirit Day’ when students showed their ultimate school pride by wearing red, black, and white.  So, why do students even participate during homecoming week?

“Because it makes our school look like a community that everyone wants to be involved in and we have a lot to be proud of in Argyle,” junior  Jaxon Baum said.

The festivities continued on Wednesday night when the community gathered on the high school campus to celebrate Homecoming with a parade and the bonfire, where the only burns actually came from the building of the floats.

“It was a sweet feeling of victory when the giant cardboard camera was complete,” senior Kendall McLeod said.  “And, the fact that I only suffered two hot glue gun burns in the process.”

Despite the minor injuries, the senior float of Hollywood stars was a success, and there were numerous other themed floats representing grades in elementary school through high school, along with multiple extracurricular activities and organizations marching through the parade. After the procession, a bonfire was held. The high school band played traditional songs including the fight song while the cheerleaders performed in order to get the crowd pumped up and excited for the game on Friday night against Frisco Lonestar.

Before the game, Student Council sponsored a get together for the ten-year alumni and first graduation class of 2003.  Teachers who were here in 2002-03 also attended the reunion reception in the Brewed Awakening commons area.

“It was really interesting to be able to talk to the past students about how the school used to be and how they used to create traditions,” student council vice president, Erica Gonzalez said.  “One guy even told me that their class created the lyrics to the alma-mater.”

The highlight of the evening came with the crowning of the King and Queen. At halftime on Friday night, former 2012 homecoming queen, Ashleigh Block, crowned newly announced homecoming king, Ian Sadler, and homecoming queen, Taylor Mueller.

“I was definitely very surprised,” Mueller said.

Sadler was not expecting to be crowned either.

“But, it was a lot of fun to be crowned homecoming king,” Sadler said.

The football team capped the night with a win against the Lonestar Rangers (53-7), ending the week with a sweet victory and commencing an up-beat mood for the rest of the weekend for the high school students who attended the Homecoming dance on Saturday night.

Overall, homecoming 2013 was a fun and nostalgic event for current students, former alum, and the entire Argyle community.