While most students remember the winter carnival night through its pictures, dinner, or parties, almost nobody recognizes the amount of time and effort the student council has to sacrifice to set up not just the dance, but the hallway decorations, spirit week themes, and the pep rally.

“For dances, the setup was probably from eight to one or eleven to two, somewhere in that range. So roughly four to five hours, I'd say,” Eden Bourland (‘28) said.

Although a lot of time goes into setting up school dances, that effort often goes unnoticed during winter carnival, with people’s attention placed on homecoming.

“Winter carnival is overlooked a lot by everyone, because the main dance is homecoming, and it's warm, so everyone wants to go outside and take pictures and have fun with their friends, but I think people often forget about winter carnival,” Bourland said.

Unlike homecoming, which happens when people’s energy is high and the sun is out, winter carnival arrives later in the year, leaving many students uninterested and the event less celebrated.

“Homecoming is more exciting because, when the school year is just starting, and everyone's excited to go to the dance, and when winter carnival comes, everyone is just bored,” Hannah Beda (‘27).

Although winter carnival doesn’t get the same excitement as homecoming, it still gives students a chance to have fun and enjoy themselves with their friends.

“It creates a lot of memories, and of the people that do come, they do enjoy it. So it still gives the students something to look forward to. And I feel like everyone enjoys themselves, and everyone has fun,” Beda said.

The winter carnival dance creates lots of memories and gives students something to look forward to. While the student council organizes everything, they take value in what the student body wants, and they are looking for more input from the students.

“The student council is always looking for feedback from the student body about what we can improve, for example, spirit weeks, and what people want for future reference,” Bourland said.