Homecoming week on every screen, one day at a time
Homecoming packs a parade, a game, a dance and five dress-up days into one week. Load the week’s slides once, give each its day, and the screens keep pace with the student council’s plan.
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Why it matters
The schedule changes faster than the posters
Student council finalizes the court on Tuesday, the parade route on Wednesday and the dance time on Thursday. Posters printed on Monday can’t keep up. Students end up relying on word of mouth for the details that matter.
Ideas for Homecoming Week
A full-week overview slide
Show all five days and the big events on one slide early in the week so students can plan outfits and rides.
Each day’s dress-up theme
Give every day its own slide with the theme in large type and a photo of last year’s best costume.
The homecoming court
Once nominees are approved, introduce the court with photos and grade levels. Check names and spelling with the sponsor first.
Parade route and timing
Share the start time, the route and where families can watch. A simple map works well as its own slide.
Game and dance logistics
List kickoff, dance hours, ticket sales and dress code. Keep the game and the dance on separate slides.
A welcome for alumni
Greet returning graduates on the lobby screen and point them to the reunion gathering or alumni tent.
How it works with Digital Signage
Homecoming Week, step by step.
Three steps
Load the week in one sitting
Add every homecoming slide to the timeline on Monday, from Google Slides, Rocket Graphics or files on your computer.
Date each theme to its day
Set start and end times so each theme appears the afternoon before its day and leaves when that day ends. Leave the overview up until Friday night.
Let student council keep the deck
Link the council’s shared Google Slides deck once. Their edits reach the screen on its next refresh, about every 20 minutes.
Setups vary by school; your demo confirms what yours will use.
Best practices
Tips to get it right.
Homecoming Week tips
Approve the court before it posts
Have the sponsor or principal sign off on names and photos before they reach a screen.
Give students a night’s notice
A theme that appears the morning of is too late to plan an outfit. Start each one the afternoon before.
Keep game and dance info apart
Families scanning for kickoff time shouldn’t have to read past the dance dress code to find it.
Clear it all out by Monday
Set every homecoming slide to end on Saturday night so the next week starts with a clean timeline.
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Questions
Homecoming Week questions
The daily dress-up themes, the court, the parade, the game and the dance. Add ticket deadlines and an alumni welcome if your school hosts returning graduates. One event per slide keeps it readable.
You build the week’s slides once and give each one a start and an end, so the screens move from day to day without anyone editing them each morning. Every screen has its own timeline, so the athletic lobby and the cafeteria can carry different parts of the week.
A common approach is for student council to keep a shared Google Slides deck that staff link to the screen. Changes made in Slides show up at the screen’s next refresh, and a staff member stays responsible for what plays.
About a week before the first dress-up day is plenty if your screens are already running. If you don’t have screens yet, book a demo well before homecoming so we can check your TVs and price the setup.
Your next step
Plan your Digital Signage.
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