On Sept. 22, the Gibson Southern Student Council put on its annual Fall Homecoming ceremony. Before the football game, the student body voted for a Homecoming Prince, Princess, King and Queen to be their Fall Homecoming royalty.
Sophomore Meredith Spear and Charlie Whitten were crowned Homecoming Princess and Prince.
“It makes me feel really good,” Spear said.
Whitten followed up on his emotions as to winning Homecoming Prince.
“I didn’t know what to expect,” Whitten said. “It means a lot to me [to be crowned as Homecoming Prince].”
Seniors Gabby Smitha and Lucian Wicker were crowned Homecoming Queen and King.
“It was a great opportunity, and I am so proud to represent my school and my senior class,” Smitha said.
Wicker echoed Smitha’s sentiments.
“It was a great honor to represent Gibson Southern’s senior class,” he said.
There was a lot of preparation that went on behind the scenes to make Fall Homecoming happen. Student Council Adviser Ian Gamroth assigned students to become head of each part of making Homecoming happen.
“Personally, I did not do anything,” Gamroth said. “This is one of those incidents where I am here to advise. I laid out what is needed for Homecoming and the rest of it is turned over to Student Council officers and members … I just told them, ‘Hey we need to have a ceremony, have a fundraiser for Riley.’”
Seniors with experience of organizing Homecoming mentored those who were in charge this year.
“Ally Malone was helping Jenna Schleter make sure Homecoming runs smoothly and with [the] Riley Miracle Minute,” Gamroth said. “Last year, Jaedyn North did that. This year, new kids are going to be taking it over while having Jaedyn supervise.”
During the third and fourth quarter of the football game against Heritage Hills, Student Council President, senior Claire Wisnoski, went into the press box and announced that it was time for the Riley Miracle Minute. After the minute was up, Gibson Southern and Heritage Hills raised approximately $1,450 for the children’s hospital.
“Miracle minute was a great activity that we did during Homecoming,” Wisnoski said. “People are always looking to give to children. I was very pleased with the outcome and overjoyed with how people were so giving.”
The dance portion of Homecoming was held in the auxiliary gym from when the football game ended until 11:00 p.m., a 30-minute increase from the original end time due to the football game running long. The dance was organized by junior MacKenzie Stuckey.
