Juniors Prepare for Homecoming Dance Battle

Juniors prepare for the homecoming pep rally dance battle. Each year in mid-October, every grade competes in a dance battle with different artists at the homecoming assembly. The dancers are student choreographed with Lejla Hodzic, Adele Yergeau, and Marina De Marco. Adele is the president of the student council, so she has to coordinate the dance rehearsals leading up to the pep rally.

The overall themes of the year are voted on by the HoCo (homecoming) committee so for the 2026 school year the overall genre is Superbowl . Within that category each grade has to pick an artist and a featured artist to perform at the pep rally. For the juniors, they are dancing to Usher with a feature of Lil John.

Adele believes people should involve themselves in their class dance because, “it’s really fun and it builds a community. It makes being in high school worth it.”

The junior class advisors, Mr. O’Brien and Miss Edwards, oversee the dance rehearsals. Mr. O’Brien has observed some challenges throughout the years from a teacher standpoint like “getting more students involved, especially from different social groups.”

When juniors get involved with the dance, it helps them make friendships with other students they may have never connected with before. Mr. O’Brien also thinks that the class dance helps promote school culture and develop a stronger community within a student’s class. With the little time left of high school it’s important for the juniors to get close and grow those bonds with their classmates.

Both Adele and Mr. O’Brien thinks the class dance is a fun and simple way to collaborate with other students, and it helps form lasting friendships throughout high school. Throughout the years the members who have participated in the dance have stayed consistent.

Every year there are different challenges for the class dance, this year one of the challenges Adele found was there was difficulty filling space and filling the music. During the rehearsals everyone collaborates on dance moves and ways to fill space in the song which helps students feel like they’re a part of something bigger. The juniors being able to finally show the dance at the pep rally after two weeks of rehearsals is rewarding for all students and teachers involved.

Mr. Obrien thinks, “participating helps form a sense of community and makes students feel involved.”

Juniors Prepare for Homecoming Dance Battle

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