The week of Homecoming will be a special one at Saint Patrick High School.  The Homecoming Committee has come up with a variety of contests and activities that will allow students to demonstrate the school spirit and “Shamrock Pride” that make Saint Patrick such a unique school.  Homerooms will compete against one another in various events with winners in each class year as well as the overall winners earning prizes.

Monday, September 24
Dress-Up Theme: Chicago Sports Day
Homeroom Contest: Obstacle Course                        
Students should wear T-shirts, sweatshirts, or jerseys of their favorite Chicago sports team.  An obstacle course will be set up, combining various athletic tasks, in the gym during homeroom.

Tuesday, September 25
Dress-Up Theme: 70’s Day
Homeroom Contest: Grape Toss                 
Students are encouraged to wear bell-bottoms, plaid pants, ruffled shirts, afro wigs, platform shoes, leisure suits, and polyester, using the character of Disco Stu from “The Simpsons” as a fashion guide.  The grape toss will see which student can toss a grape from the furthest distance to be caught in the mouth of their partner.

Wednesday, September 26
Dress-Up Theme: College Sports Day
Homeroom Contest: Mission Collection    
Students should wear T-shirts, sweatshirts, or jerseys of their favorite college team.

Thursday, September 27
Dress-Up Theme: Beach Day
Homeroom Contest: Relay Race                 
Students are encouraged to wear Hawaiian shirts, board shorts, flip-flops, sunglasses, grass skirts and sunscreen. Relay races will be held in the gym during homeroom.  The Homeroom Door Decorating Contest will be judged after school.

Friday, September 28
Dress-Up Theme: Green and Gold
All-School Pep Assembly at 1:30pm                      
Freshmen and seniors should dress in green, while sophomores and juniors should wear gold.  The wearing of green or gold pants, painting of faces, and dyeing of hair are all strongly encouraged.

Students, faculty and staff return to school for a barbecue at 5:00pm.  Following the barbeque, they’ll decorate vehicles for the Homecoming Parade.  The parade will leave Saint Patrick at 6:45pm and travel south on Austin to Fullerton before turning east and heading to Hanson Stadium.  

At 8:00pm Friday, the football team takes on the Corsairs of Carmel in an exciting East Suburban Catholic Conference showdown.  The athletic action continues on Saturday as the Shamrock soccer team hosts Joliet Catholic Academy at Resurrection High School, and the cross-country team runs in the Maine West Invitational.  The Shamrock golf team doesn’t compete that weekend, but they will hopefully be celebrating a conference championship from earlier in the week.

The weekend culminates with the annual Homecoming Dance, which will be held on Saturday, September 29.  The dance will take place in the Grand Ballroom (Gymnasium) of the Giovannetti Centre for Sport from 7:00pm to 10:30pm.