Homecoming 2025 is approaching, and with that comes the crafting of each class’s floats. This year’s themes feature “F1 Freshmen,” “Skiing Sophomores,” “Jedi Juniors” and “Sailor Seniors.” The stakes are high, and every class is working to win the best float award. However, one thing that is needed across all the classes to make it possible: participation. Class of ’28 President Avery Stevenson is fired up for this year’s homecoming and everyone who is willing to work.
“We have a really strong group of people who are willing to do a lot,” Stevenson said. “So, it is really awesome to see everything come together.”
Nothing will be able to come together without the members of each class. Participation can make or break each class’s homecoming dreams. Class of ’27 advisor Katherine Parent shares her experience with student involvement this year.
“We want to increase and get as much participation as possible,” Parent said. “We are getting a lot more students who maybe have never been to a float party or class council meeting before.”
A great part about student council is you spend so much time with the same people, and really get to know them. Class of ’26 float party host, Harmon Meldrum, enjoys the atmosphere of their parties.
“It used to be awkward,” Meldrum said. “But now that we are getting older and have gotten to know each other better, it has more of a community feel.”
Even if the community feeling is there, building a float with a big team of people can be difficult, especially making decisions. During Homecoming 2024, Stevenson’s class did not plan to the best of their abilities, so this year it was a goal to fix that.
“We really did a great job this year of planning before building the float. It really helped with the organization,”Stevenson said.
Creating a hardworking community inside of class council is important to get the best outcome for the class’s future. Homecoming is an amazing way to bring your class together and show the community all the best parts of being a student at Grosse Pointe South.
“Even though it can be a bit chaotic sometimes,” Stevenson said. “At the end of the day, we’re all very hard workers and know what we need to get done.”
