- November 21, 2024
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Out-of-Door Academy eighth graders Sofie Roelens and Ellie Bysura sat in a decorated golf cart admiring their work.
They decorated the cart in a tiki theme for ODA's first homecoming parade Sept. 29.
They painted cardboard in alternating stripes of dark brown and light brown to look like bamboo. Roelens and Bysura, along with other eighth graders, added flowers and tiki torches to add to the theme.
"I hope people like it because we worked hard on it," Roelens said.
Brooke Allen-Burnstein, the associate director of development, is in charge of all special events at the school. She decided to add a parade to the homecoming festivities.
"Where I grew up, the parade is kind of your signature or marquee event of homecoming," Allen-Burnstein said. "ODA hasn't had one for football homecoming ever.'"
The parade will include 10 decorated golf carts. There is a golf cart for the lower school, alumni, the homecoming court and each of the middle school grades. At the high school, students are divided into a house system and each of the four houses has a golf cart for the parade.
"i'm excited to showcase the kids' creative juices," Allen-Burnstein said.