“We worked in collaboration with the county health department just to make sure we were handing this situation in the best way. “We had some concerns about a close contact,” Yanni said in a phone interview. The Cardinals had not worked out on Tuesday or Wednesday as a precautionary measure related to possible exposure to the coronavirus, Yanni said. Thursday afternoon’s news came as a surprise since Upper Dublin superintendent Steve Yanni said Thursday morning that the team had been cleared to return to practice. The PIAA said that Cathedral Prep, which is based in Erie, will advance to the Class 5A state final, set for Nov. The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association announced Thursday afternoon that Upper Dublin had informed the organization “that they are unable to play the 5A game versus Cathedral Prep.” Something new about this year’s dance is that it will feature a live concert featuring various artists.The Upper Dublin High School football team has forfeited the state semifinal game set for Friday night against Cathedral Prep. The dance will take place on Saturday, October 23rd, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (the times were updated due to weather issues). Many students like to make posters, cards, bring flowers, or some assortment of gifts to ask others to go to homecoming with them. With the dance coming up, Hoco Proposals start pouring in in the weeks leading up to the dance. The DHS Football Field, photo courtesy of the homecoming dance itself is arguably the most important event, at the end of a whole week of fun. Like the skit, students are in charge of organizing and building their class floats, which are also catered to their class theme. Here, each class’s float will be featured. The parade will take place at Village Parkway starting at 4:00 PM. Then, on Friday, October 22nd, the parade and the homecoming football game will take place. To prepare for the area builds, each class typically brainstorms and puts together props and other decorations in the weeks before the area build. This will take place on Thursday, October 21st.
Next up is the area build, where students of each class come to campus early in the morning and decorate their designated area of campus based on their chosen class theme. Overall, it will be a fun way to show off school spirit while supporting your class! The car show will incorporate the themes for each of the classes, and each class will have a section of the show dedicated for themselves. This year, there will also be a car show on October 20th during lunch in the new parking lot.
At Skit Night, each class organizes, practices, and choreographs their own skits to present to the school.
Other than the ongoing spirit days, the first big event of homecoming is Skit Night, which will take place on Wednesday, October 20th from 6:30 PM-9:00 PM. Here’s a bit about each event and on which day it will occur: The themes by class for this year are: “Movie Night” for the freshmen class of 2025, “Fright Night” for the sophomore class of 2024, “Summer Night” for the junior class of 2023, and “Caribbean Night” for the senior class of 2022. The theme, however, alters slightly from class to class through their chosen word to fill the blank. School Mascot, Grady, with the Gael Cup, photo courtesy of year, homecoming week is taking place from Monday, October 18th through Saturday, October 23rd.Īdditionally, homecoming has traditionally had an overall theme for the year, which is based on a phrase.
Normally, when someone refers to homecoming, they are referring to a group of events that take place during homecoming week which consist of: a spirit week, a skit night, an area build per class, a parade, the big homecoming football game against a neighboring high school, and the Dublin High School Homecoming dance. In general, homecoming is a week of festivities and fun that has been part of Dublin High School tradition for many years now. With talk of a so-called “homecoming”, many may be asking: what is it anyways? Well, don’t fret! This article will detail what homecoming is and what events to look forward to! DHS students in spirit for “Anything But a Backpack” Day