East Atchison winter homecoming

UPDATE: East Atchison homecoming basketball games have been postponed to February 18 due to incoming winter weather. The chili supper will still take place Friday, January 23, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Tarkio Elementary Cafeteria. Stay tuned for the new date of the 3rd grade parachute routine performance.

The East Atchison winter homecoming festivities will take place next week at Tarkio and Fairfax high schools. The week will end with the Wolves and Lady Wolves taking on Osborn/Stewartsville at the Tarkio Activity Center (TAC) on Friday, January 23. Games will begin at 6:00 p.m. and the crowning of the Fairfax and Tarkio homecoming kings and queens will take place following the games.

The CTA will be hosting a chili supper in the Tarkio Elementary Cafeteria beginning at 5:00 p.m. Friday, January 23. The Tarkio Elementary third graders will be performing their annual parachute routine at halftime of the girls’ varsity game that night at the TAC.

Homecoming festivities include:

TARKIO

Theme – “Cooking the Competition – Wolves Hungry for a Victory!”

Royalty – (king) Noah McCoy; (queen candidates) Bresayda Jimenez, Zoe Madron, Rainy Nordhausen, and Kennedy White; and (attendants) – juniors Bella Bywater and Gavin Mattice, sophomores Rhoni Caudill and Treyton Brown, and freshmen Teagan Taylor and Fisher Smelts

Dress-up Days – (Monday) No school; (Tuesday) White Lie (wear a white-t shirt with a lie markered on it); (Wednesday) Dress Like Your Favorite Teacher; (Thursday) Dress Like You Work At Your Class Restaurant; and (Friday) Wolves Spirit Day

Class Competitions – (Monday) No school; (Tuesday) Ships & Sailors; (Wednesday) Basketball Shootout Relay; (Thursday) Dodgeball; and (Friday) Pep Rally in the THS gym

Fairfax

Royalty – (king candidates) Austin Helfers and Joaquin Hill; (queen) Amelia Larson;  (attendants) – juniors Lexi Brown and Mason Kingery, sophomores Elsey Rogers and Knox Oswald, and freshmen Avery Fast and Riley Koop; and crownbearers – Liam Daugh-erty and Emma Schlup

Dress-up Days – (Monday) No school; (Tuesday) Adam Sandler Day; (Wednesday) Country vs. Country Club; (Thursday) Throwback Thursday (Vintage); and (Friday) Wolves Spirit Day

Class Competitions – (Monday) No school; (Tuesday) Ships & Sailors; (Wednesday) Knockout; (Thursday) Half Court; and (Friday) Dodgeball