{"id":6788,"date":"2023-08-28T16:37:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T20:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vlhs.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=6788"},"modified":"2023-10-09T19:03:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T19:03:00","slug":"homecoming-2023-schedule-of-events","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.vlhs.com\/news\/homecoming-2023-schedule-of-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Homecoming 2023: Schedule of Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Homecoming at Valley Lutheran is just around the corner and we are excited to invite alumni, friends, and the VL family to celebrate with us!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dates:<\/strong> September 11-16<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theme:<\/strong> &#8220;Bringing Home the Gold&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6790\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-354036-4037635.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1969-scaled-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress-354036-4037635.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1969-scaled-2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/wordpress-354036-4037635.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1969-scaled-2-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wordpress-354036-4037635.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1969-scaled-2-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/wordpress-354036-4037635.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1969-scaled-2-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1500px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Events throughout the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sunday, Sept. 10<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Valley Lutheran will host a special presentation by Chalkguy Ben Glenn (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplybenglenn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.simplybenglenn.com\/<\/a>) that will be open to the community.\u00a0 The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the VLHS gym, doors open at 6 p.m.\u00a0 We invite you to share about this opportunity with your church and grade school communities!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Throughout the Week<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students will enjoy a variety of dress-up days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Monday, Sept. 11<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VL students will be treated to a special daytime assembly from the Chalkguy Ben Glenn.<\/li>\n<li>The boys varsity soccer team will host Hemlock in their homecoming match at 7 p.m. under the lights on the football field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Wednesday, Sept. 13<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Varsity volleyball team will take on St. Louis in their Homecoming match-up.\u00a0 Game time is approx. 7:00 p.m. (this is an update from the originally scheduled 6:30 time!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Friday, Sept. 15<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The school day will conclude with the Homecoming Pep Rally.<\/li>\n<li>The Grand Tailgate begins at 4:45 p.m. in the grass area between the in and out driveways. We invite everyone to come tailgate \u2013 there will be a central \u2018Valley\u2019 tent where anyone is welcome to enjoy food and fellowship! (Interested in hosting a tent for the tailgate?\u00a0 Contact Amy Cooper at acooper@vlhs.com for more information!)<\/li>\n<li>The Homecoming Parade kicks off at 5:45 p.m. and will feature class floats and the presentation of the Homecoming Court.\u00a0 (The parade route is along the edge of the parking lot.)<\/li>\n<li>Football kick-off is at 7 p.m. versus Nouvel with the crowning of Homecoming King and Queen at halftime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6792\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-354036-4037635.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/unnamed-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Saturday, Sept. 16<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Homecoming festivities conclude on Saturday\u00a0with the Homecoming Dance beginning at 8 p.m. in the school gym.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019re looking forward to a full and exciting week celebrating together! Go Chargers!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re invited to Homecoming 2023 at Valley Lutheran!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6850,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vlhs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/6788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vlhs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vlhs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vlhs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vlhs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vlhs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}