Behind the stunning posters, spirited assembly, and high expectations of homecoming week lies a whole process of planning, late nights, and teamwork, with ASG at the heart of it all.
Every year, Bishop Gorman’s ASG puts hours of work and planning into one of the most anticipated events of the year. The theme for this year’s homecoming is “Disneyland.” The process of putting together a whole week of homecoming can be stressful, but also fun. The first step into this is decided on who is going to be in charge of each hallway to decorate. These leader positions are called hall chairs.
Student body President Cade Seitman ‘26 said, “I divide the responsibilities of posters in two ways: artistic ability and seniority. For the members in my hall I give the seniors the hardest posters, but the Freshmen the easiest because of their lack of experience. In addition, I give the hardest posters to the people with the greatest artistic ability.”
Teacher chaperones were assigned to each hall to help keep everything in check and organized. They assisted in putting the posters up and listened to the hall chairs to see if they needed anything to be done.
Mrs. Keating said that they had to “help with bubble taping, and make sure the kids are safe on the ladder while hanging the posters. We also had to make sure that the kids were listening to their hall chairs.”
Each ASG member receives different posters to design for their specific hall weeks before the theme is even announced. Putting the posters together is a whole entire other step in this long process.
Student Body Vice President Sophia Lagomarsino ‘26 spoke about how bringing the posters to life works and said, “I have to measure the hallway, and every space that needs a poster. Then I create a document that has a hallway layout, with where the posters go. Some of us freehand, some use projectors, but it is really up to the individual. We have poster making days, but we also work on them at home and on our own time. To put them up, we dedicate a weekend to coming in and hanging them all up.”
Decorating days took place September 26 and 27. ASG members all worked long hours after school until 9 p.m, and Saturday until about 11 a.m. Now all of the hall chairs have to assign two people to come in each morning to check the posters and make sure everything is still up.
Geneva Miller ‘26 says, “I’m really grateful to be a part of this process. I think it’s really cool how we are able to plan all of this out. The final product of our school is always worth all the hard work and I am happy the way it all turned out. I’m excited to see how the rest of the week goes in student government.”
