The Camas High School (CHS) ASB dedicates much of their time leading up to the Homecoming dance preparing different aspects of this event. Most of the decorations, advertisements, and other Homecoming related activities are the results of work done by ASB students. There are many steps in order to achieve a successful Homecoming.

“We begin by splitting into committees such as royalty/halftime parade, advertising/social media, assembly, decorations/posters, and games/favors/music,” Veradee Philips, the CHS sophomore class president, said. 

In order to make the process less tedious, they have each individual group focused on only one small aspect of the preparation. However, there are also many tasks completed by the class as a whole. One of these tasks is deciding the theme of the dance. 

“We usually decide during our summer leadership retreat,” Kat Ryan, the CHS senior class treasurer, said. 

”We like to brainstorm a few themes in groups and then we’ll share them, vote for our favorites and then vote for the top,” Reagan Sheffield, the Treasurer Elect and CHS junior, said.

The class goes through a similar process deciding the spirit week themes. 

“Spirit week ideas are planned based on what has worked well in the past, as well as new ideas we gather from social media or suggestions from friends and peers. We weigh the pros and cons of each idea, then vote and send the final decisions to admin for approval,” Philips said.

Another decision the ASB students must make is who the Homecoming court nominees are.

“It’s a self nomination process this year. Then students vote for the nominees,” Ryan said. 

The ASB students are also responsible for decorating the school for the Homecoming dance. They get together the morning of the dance and spend many hours prepping the space for students arriving later that night. In addition, they decorate the hallways of the school a week before the dance. 

”Each grade has their own hallway to decorate,” Sheffield said.

Lastly, the ASB students greatly rely on advertisements to make sure students are aware of the event and why it should be attended. 

“We are responsible for promoting the event as a whole, advertising ticket sales, and sharing all the important information guests need,” Philips said.

As a result of all this preparation, ASB students have many hopes and goals for the outcome of the Homecoming dance this year.  

“Hopefully it’s a good turnout. We have fun billiards to attract more people that don’t want to just dance,” Ryan said. 

This multi-step planning process the ASB students accomplished leads to a largely attended event within the CHS community.