LIFE ON HIMES
2021
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22 with a full day of Homecoming
activities, from Fun Day during school
hours through the evening Homecoming
the halftime festivities announcing the
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Homecoming Week started Monday
with "Dress Like Your Dad Day" kicking
off a week of dress-down themed
attire leading up to Thursday night's
Day on campus. There were no classes
Friday as students instead engaged in
fun activities ranging from trivia, movies,
dance lessons, and face painting to
tournaments in chess, spikeball, bocce,
poker, Super Smash Bros., and dodgeball.
The student dodgeball championship
team, Big Daddies, ended Fun Day in
Jamie
Arnold, Wells Clark, Antonin Hoppmann
Salario, Jack Martinez, Chase
Minacci, and Aiden Polaszek easily
defeated the faculty team, led by Noah
and 7,
bragging rights.
Other winners on Fun Day included
Super Smash Bros. champions Sean Mc-
(runners
up were and Cooper
Nicho-
and .
All proceeds from Homecoming Fun
Day – mostly small entry fees associated
Drive. Jesuit's director of community
service announced
been raised, with the largest chunk of
funds produced by math teacher April
Bombka, whose famous "Bombka cookie
bites" generated a staggering $2,003 in
sales on Fun Day, all for the basket drive
(see p. 4-5)!
Friday afternoon and evening Jesuit
hosted Homecoming 2021, with hun-
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Al Dato '60 was recognized as Jesuit's Alumnus of the Year at halftime of the
Homecoming game
including a BBQ, live music, sno-cones,
cornhole, cotton candy, face painting, and
photos with the Tiger mascot.
Blake – the Tigers improved to 8-0 en route
recognized. Dato, with family and friends accompanying
him, was introduced and greeted
Fr. Richard C.
Dato was given a standing ovation
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School through the years.
Representing Jesuit were juniors Dawson
Barklage and Phillip Falcon, and seniors Luis
Kortright, Ethan Tiejema, Dominic Cartaya,
William Butler, and Wells Clark. From the
Academy of the Holy Names were juniors
Lauren BrownNatalia Guzman
seniors Emily BennettBritton ByrdArianna
Cortes and Anna Reins.
Bennett was crowned Homecoming Queen,