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ISSUE 1: HOCO’s Day on the Nile Sprit Week Themes

The themes start off the exciting homecoming week

Allison Bartlett, Senior Staff writer

September 19, 2025

A canva design of each HOCO spirit day

With the upcoming homecoming [HOCO] dance coming up, things can get busy with dress shopping, football games and finishing up quarter one. However, an important aspect of HOCO that is frequently forgotten is the spirit days leading up to the event. This year’s spirit days take place from Sept. 15-19.

Kicking off the week, Monday is frat boy /sorority girl. Bring your backwards caps, jerseys, and college T-shirts. It’s not a super complicated theme and could most likely be easily pulled out of your closet (or sibling’s closet, whichever gets you closer to the theme).

Tuesday is Culture Day, dress in something that represents where you are from/your heritage. If you are part of multiple cultures, maybe wear a mixture of clothing from those cultures. Another idea could be doing social cultures, such as the culture at Robinson. You could wear Robinson gear, IB hats or something along those lines.

Tuesday’s theme is Holi-day. Any holiday, Christmas, Halloween, Hanukkah, for example, but really, you’re only limited to your imagination. Personally, going around in a Halloween costume sounds pretty interesting to me. Especially if you went as a group costume.

Thursday is Jersey day. Wear a jersey that represents your favorite sports team. Whether it be a high school, college or professional level team, wear it to show your pride for your team!

Friday is King Tut and Cleopatra day, dress up as Egyptian royalty or a mummy. You could make a crown or wear gold jewelry to represent royalty, but get creative with this one! It’s the last one before HOCO.

Spirit days are a great way to be involved with the school without having to do too much. Plus, it’s always exciting to see everyone dress up before the big nights of the HOCO football game and dance. Go out and get involved!

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About the Contributor

Allison Bartlett, Senior Staff Writer

Allison Bartlett is a junior and a staff writer for Knight Writers. This is her second year on staff. Bartlett hopes to continue writing more opinion pieces or have more opportunities to cover unique events, such as the culinary competition she wrote a feature on last year. “Going to the event [culinary competition] was really fun, I felt like I was part of it and it was nice that I was helping Chef too. It was so interesting, I didn’t know that culinary was so big, and all the things that go into it,” Bartlett said. Bartlett is an active member of the IB program and is beginning the arduous junior year. “I can tell it’s going to be a lot of work, already I have two essays and a project due this week,” Bartlett said. To wind down after school she enjoys finding funny movies or shows on prime video and is currently enjoying the animated series “Hazbin Hotel”. Additionally, outside of school, Bartlett enjoys participating in Starlets and the friends she found through the team. “I originally joined because in freshman year, I found myself with just large chunks of time where I was laying around doing nothing, so this is a good way to fill it and socialize at the same time,” Bartlett said. At home she can be found multitasking to the extreme: doing homework, listening to a pop-rock album and watching a new show all at once. “Yeah honestly I feel like I’m always doing random things at home or like two things at once. I just like to explore and find a good playlist or a good show for the day,” Bartlett said. In the future, she aspires to attend the University of Florida due to its attractive components and her affinity to Florida’s warm weather. (Profile by Anika Sanka)