Our school doesn't have homecoming. We do have a winter carnaval, though, around the first week of February (close to the first week of our second semester).
Each day of that week we have certain "themes" such as hat day (we can wear hats), pj day (we go to school in our pj's), clash day (we can't wear clothes that match), sports day (we wear shirts of stuff that represent our favorite sport or sport team), school colors day (this is always on Friday). This was our week last year, sometimes the themes change.
On Friday, we have classes for half the day and the second half is us going to the gym. We each sit under our poster (we also have a class poster contest, each class "freshman-senior", makes a poster to represent the class. They get judged) but anyway, each class sits together (seniors with seniors etc.) and we partake in all different races and events in the gym, such as:
Scooter race (some kids relay across the gym against kids of other classes), Shopping cart race (two kids from each class are involved, one sits in the cart, the other pushes the cart around blindfolded *you'd think that'd be dangerous! LOL*), Suitcase race (the boys in the race have to take clothes from the suitcase and dress up like girls, grab the suitcase and run across the gym...the girls vice versa), flipper race (relay wearing flippers), gum chewing (one kid pushes their partner *who is on a scooter* across the gym. The person on the scooter then has to dig his/her face in a pie of whip cream to find a piece of gum and this first class rep. to blow a bubble wins), then we have the water gun and candle contest. The class advisor holds a lit candle while a student in that class trys to aim the squirt gun to shoot the flame out.) This day is really class versus class.
The year before we had our VP (vice principal) kiss a pig. During the week, students can vote on what teacher or admin. they want to see kiss a pig. EVERYONE hated our VP and so they voted for him. Last year we couldn't get the pig so we brought in a goat. Once again the kids voted for the VP! LOL.
This year the VP is gone (was forced to leave or was going to be fired *I mean NO ONE liked him heh*) So I'll be curious to see who kisses the pig.
Then, to end the week, we have a dance on Saturday. For the winter carnaval dance kids vote for a king and queen and court. Only seniors get it though. (unlike prom where only the juniors get king, queen and court as our proms are junior proms).
Oh and another thing during the half day in the gym...music is blasted! lol. It's music of today. Kids are screaming, faces are painted and teachers are being humiliated in a volleyball game against the students!! LOL
About the volleyball games...the one in the gym during the Friday's events is teachers vs. students. There is also a volleyball game on the Wednesday during that week. The freshmen play the juniors, and the sophomores play the seniors.