By: Grace Lopez

My experience:

We all got called down to the main gym and we had to sit down with our grades in separate corners. It was really packed with a lot of people and there was nowhere to sit and it was way too loud. For freshmen it was hard to get a seat because there were a lot of people sitting on the bleachers so half of us had to sit on the floor because of how packed it was.

Everything got settled down but when it was about to start everyone started to yell “Freshman go home!” I was really surprised about how loud it was and how funny it was people yelling at us, but it wasn’t that bad.

Then the cheerleaders had a performance for us and they did really well. After they were done some teachers were just talking about being respectful and kind but no one really listened.

After that, some kids explained some sports that they do at Highland and what it was about and all of that, and then they walked through the limbo and it was really funny.

Then the football boys and soccer girls and boys had a dance performance in front of everyone. They did really well and then the moment everyone has waiting for came: the homecoming queen and king.

The people that participated walked and did a dance and went in the middle of the gym. Everyone voted for a queen & king and one of the teachers got the microphone and said the winners for each grade. The winners got to sit in a special chair.

After all that was over, everyone started to yell once again “Freshman go home!” and it wasn’t that bad but it was just embarrassing. I guess it’s a tradition for American schools though.

And that was my experience for my first ever pep fest.