This year’s homecoming was a smashing success. With the shortened week and fun dress up days, homecoming ended before students and faculty alike were ready.
The theme this year was the 1970’s. The throwback to the time the school was opened was a great way to celebrate Bishop Gorman and the legacy it has left on education and the Las Vegas community.
Madame Tornell-Ferraro who attended Bishop Gorman in the 1980’s and is now the French teacher explained, “I didn’t attend BG until 1980, but I do believe the 70’s theme represents BG well, because we have so many BG alumni that are teaching now that also experienced the 70’s either as a child or young adult. The 70’s was such a happy era for me!”
Mr. Lambeth, another Bishop Gorman alumni who is now a history teacher, shared his thoughts on the theme this year as well. “An excellent homecoming theme, I think ASG and Mr. Gleich went above and beyond in terms of decor, pageantry, and overall execution of the 1970’s theme.”
Since there was no school on Monday, Tuesday kicked off the celebration with everyone dressed up in 70’s band tee shirts. At lunch on Tuesday, students were able to tie-dye tee shirts to wear for tie-dye day on Thursday.
Wednesday’s theme was 70’s fashion day. Madame Tornell-Ferraro came decked out in 70’s attire. She said she “had a blast [Tuesday] dressing up in bell bottom pants like I used to wear and daisy headbands, and peace signs.”
That night, the powderpuff games took place, and the juniors won.
On Thursday, students came dressed in tie-dye. Some of the new teachers came dressed in fully tie-dye suits. The students who tie-dyed their shirts on Tuesday were able to wear them to school to show off their school spirit.
Sofia Conte ‘26 said, “I think that tie day was kinda fun because I tie-dyed my own shirt…it was very colorful.”
Friday was the main event of the week where all the festivities fully started. Students came dressed in blue and orange, ready for the assembly that afternoon. Some teachers who are Bishop Gorman alumni came dressed up as Bishop Gorman students.
That morning the senior parade took place. Seniors rode their into and around school.
Alumni flooded the gym at the assembly, coming back to visit their alma mater. At the assembly, the dance team, cheer teams, and pom team performed. The band and drum line were present, providing musical entertainment during the assembly. Senior athletes were honored and the assembly closed with the Alma Mater and Fight Song. Keeping in tradition, the homecoming court performed their skits to try to convince people to vote for them later that day.
To open the assembly, some of the faculty danced to “Night Fever” by the Bee Gees. Mrs. Lemos, wellness and fine arts teacher, helped put together this performance. “Dean Rivera found some choreography from a newscast on Fox49, it was ‘70’s Day’ on the broadcast that day. And then I helped the faculty with learning and perfecting the choreography.”
Seeing the faculty being involved assembly was a nice way to boost school spirit and join together as a school community. As Mrs. Lemos explained, “It is important for the faculty to be a part of the assembly to show the students a different side of their teachers and administrators, to come together as the Gorman community that we are, and there is nothing more joyful than dance, in my opinion, so we all need a little fun!”
Conte said her favorite part of the assembly was the skits. “I thought Scooby Doo was really cute and the fact that they dressed up like them…that’s something that’s so classic 70s.”
Later that evening, the football game was held. Before the game, the annual pregame tailgate was held on the grass by the baseball and softball fields. The Gaels had a smashing victory over the Wolves with a score of 63-0. At halftime, the girls on homecoming court were walked onto the field by each of their fathers and waited to see which one of them was going to be crowned the 2024 homecoming queen. In the end, Marie Munoz ‘25 won.
“My favorite part of homecoming was walking across the field: it’s an experience very few get to feel, and it was an honor having my dad by my side and walking across the football field looking at all the people that were there to watch the game,” Munoz shared about her experience that night.
To end the week, on Saturday, the homecoming dance was held in the gym. At the dance, Luke Martin ‘35 was crowned king, and the traditional King and Queen dance took place after his crowning.
The gym was decorated like a colorful disco, and students could either dance in the gym or hangout in the senior plaza.
Overall, Homecoming this year was super successful, with students, teachers, and alumni alike enjoying the week. Now, it’s back to reality and preparation for the PSAT on Thursday.
