Every year at MHS, during Homecoming Week, the school hosts a float building competition between all grade levels. Starting about two weeks before the Homecoming Parade, each grade has to construct a float in their own creative way. This float must also match the theme of Homecoming Dance, which is decided by the senior art students. Whichever grade builds the best float wins three hundred and fifty dollars.
Junior Maddy Saiger stated, “My favorite part about float building is seeing all of our ideas come together. It’s also really fun trying to problem solve all of the issues that we came across.” Even though float building is a competition, it’s a way for classmates to bond with their peers as they use their creativity and problem solving skills.
Sophomore Anya Sheppard expressed, “It’s a pretty big commitment because we can’t just not have a class float in the parade, and if we don’t have proper planning and enough people helping out it will highly impact the quality of our float. However, it’s hard to make it to all the building times because of sports and prior commitments, but I try my best.”
Students spend a significant amount of time in order to make sure their float is prepared and ready before the parade. Sheppard explained, “We start working on the float about two weeks before the parade and we try to knock it out in that first week so that homecoming week is low stress. We meet every weeknight for about two-three hours. I’d say it takes around 15 hours to fully complete the float depending on how many people we have coming out each night.”
Saiger added, “Float building takes about two hours a day on five days of the week. We work pretty fast, so we get a lot done in the time that we have.”
Even though float building takes hard work and dedication, students feel the reward is greater and worth it in the end, reporting that it’s a fun experience for all classes at the end of the day.
Sena Johns, Staff Writer
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The Sage Informer 
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