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OLCHS 2021 Homecoming: Parade Route, Game, Theme Days And Dance
Oak Lawn Community High School celebrates homecoming with a parade, pep rally and fireworks (Sept. 29), game (Oct. 1) and dance (Oct. 2).
OAK LAWN, IL — After a year of remote and hybrid learning, Oak Lawn Community High School is bringing back its homecoming traditions put on hold during the pandemic. The homecoming theme for 2021 will be “Spartans Under the Starry Sky.”
The Spartans’ annual homecoming parade down Austin Avenue will step off at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, featuring teams, clubs, homecoming court, marching band and floats. Alive Church at 89th Street and Austin Avenue will serve as the staging area, and proceed south on Austin Avenue to the high school. Bring a bag to catch some candy.
Immediately following the parade, an outdoor pep assembly and fireworks will take place at Napleton Stadium. The 2021 homecoming king and queen will be announced. Community members are invited to help the Spartans get revved up for the big game on Friday night and enjoy the fireworks.
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The Oak Lawn Spartans will face the Tinley Park High School Titans in the big game on Friday, Oct. 1. The junior varsity football game gets going at 5:30 p.m., followed by the varsity matchup at 7 p.m.
Then it’s on to the dance “under the stars” on the OLCHS football field, from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2. The Office of Student Activities and Student Council have moved the dance outside, to allow students space to safely socially distance and enjoy the dance without a face mask. Dance attendance will be limited to OLCHS students only. Tickets are $20 and will be on sale during lunch periods from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1.
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Throughout the week, the OLCHS student council has a different theme planned for every day of the week, including PJ Day (Monday, Sept. 27); Beach Day (Tuesday, Sept. 28); Hoco ‘21, wear your homecoming T-shirt or all black like the Starry Sky (Wednesday, Sept. 29); Twin Thursday (Sept. 30) and Spartan Day (Friday, Oct. 1) where students will deck out in their best Spartan gear.
On Monday, Sept. 27, come cheer on the Spartans, when the junior girls face the senior girls for Power Puff football, from 7 to 9 p.m.
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