Homecoming Dance & Spirit Week Themes

Deciding on a great homecoming theme idea is your first, and one of the most challenging decisions when planning your homecoming / spirit week events. Believe it or not, most homecoming dance and spirit week themes are chosen during the summer. The student government should meet and discuss possible themes for homecoming. Make sure to allow time for a lot of discussion because very rarely will there be total consensus on the themes proposed by the class. It is important to try to involve as many students as possible. Once you have narrowed down your themes to two or three, put it to a class vote. In case of a tie, let the seniors decide. A great theme will give your students a lot of room for creativity when planning the festivities. Make sure to choose a theme that can easily be incorporated throughout the spirit week, along with the homecoming rally, homecoming game, dance, and floats. 

Assign Class Homecoming Themes:

Once you have chosen the theme for your homecoming, it is important that each class chooses a float idea that reflects the overall theme. For example, if the homecoming theme is TV Land, the seniors may choose “Giligan’s Island," the juniors may choose “The Munsters," the sophomores may choose “Happy Days,” and the freshmen may choose “I Love Lucy.” Generally, it is smart to let the seniors have first shot at the float theme they wish to have. Once the class has chosen their float theme, then all activities during Spirit Week should pertain to their particular class homecoming theme.

Homecoming Themes & Performance Groups:

Homecoming themes are also a great way to promote school spirit by involving your different performance groups such as dance team, cheer, band, etc. During your homecoming rally, or football game festivities you can have your performance groups perform to a skit pertaining to your theme. For example, if you choose "Decades" for your homecoming theme the dance team can dance and dress to a song pertaining to one decade, following by the cheer team, who can perform to another song from another decade. This is another way to keep your homecoming theme flowing.

Homecoming Themes and School Television:

During your homecoming & spirit week, you can involve your school television network to promote your theme. They can be a great resource to market the weeks activities to the student body. They can help promote the theme by having anchors dress up and by decorating the television set.

Homecoming Dance & Spirit Week Themes:

Here are a few homecoming theme ideas to get your student body started.

A Gathering of Ghouls

A Hero's Homecoming

A Night In Paris

A Night of Stars

A Place in the Sun

A Tinseltown Moment

Action Heroes

Affaire d’ Amour

Alice in Wonderland

Around the World

Around the World in One Night

At the Hop

Autumn in New York

Back to the Future

Black Tie          

Black Widow's Lair

Board Games  

Boogie Nights

Bourbon Street Masquerade

Box Office Bliss Can't Fight the Moonlight

Carnival (Circus)

Candyland

Casino

Cartoon Mania

Chillin' in the Arctic

City of Lights

City Rhythm

Commercially Speaking

Colors of the Wind

Dance through Time

Decades

Dreams, Dreams, Dreams

Disney (Dreams Come True)

Down by the Sea

Drops of Jupiter

Egyptian Allure

Escape to Paradise

Escape to Rio

Feelin' Groovy

From LA to the Bay

Frosted Twilight

Fairy Tales

Great Moments in Sports

Harvest Moon

History of Music           

Holiday Wish

Hollywood Homecoming

Hollywood Magic

Hollywood Nights

Homecoming - Then and Now

Historical Events

In Vogue

Island Fantasy

Italian Serenade

Jungle Allure

La Noche Dorada

Las Vegas

Legends of Camelot

Mad about Mambo

Magic in the Snow

Manhattan Mystique

Mardi Gras Mambo

Medieval Magic

Multi-Cultural

Native Paradise

New York, New York

Night in New Orleans

Night Lights

Night of Stars

Night of the Golden Dragon

Night on the Town

Noche Dorada

North Pole Delight

On Broadway

Over the Rainbow

Paris Nights

Parade of Good Books

Polynesian Sunset

Poetry

Rest in Peace

Rest in Peace

Rhythm Divine

Rio Grande Requiem

River of Dreams

Road Trip

Rock Around the Clock

Rock 'n Roll Fantasy

School Days

Saturday Night Fever

Seaswept

Secret Garden

Shades of the Orient

Shanghai Moon

Simply Irresistible

Snowflake Wonderland

Soda Shop Hop

Songs, Old & New

Space Voyage             

Spirit of America

Springtime in Paris

Star Gazing

Story-Book Land

Stars on Broadway

Summer Wind

Sunset Oasis

Sunset Silhouettes

Superheroes

Tahitian Fantasy Cruise

The Circus

The Great Frontiers

The Oscars

The Zoo

Theme Songs

Tinseltown Moment

TV Land

Under the Sea

Under the Stars

Underwater Escape

Western           

Whispers of the Orient

Whispers of Winter

Wild Wild West

With All My Heart

World of Fantasy

Written in the Stars