With all the hype that comes with Prom and Homecoming, many would imagine Courtwarming to be a big hit. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Due to the lack of attendance, this year’s Courtwarming dance has been canceled.

There have been one major problem these last two years with the Courtwarming dance; the student attendance rate is not nearly high enough.  Even after switching from a formal dance to a casual dance, attendance at Courtwarming has continued to be undesirable.

“Making it back into a formal dance was a big discussion between StuCo members,” senior Ray Pottios said.  “As a council we didn’t think it was fair to make people pay for all of things you would need or what lots of kids want for a formal dance, buses, tickets, dresses etc. We have Homecoming and Prom which are our tow big dances and we think that was good enough”

Expenses are a big factor when considering to hold a dance, but also the preparation time for the decorations.

“There were a lot of efforts having teachers and staff show up on their time to stay for the dance after the game,” senior Addison Moore said. “Not having a huge turnout was one of the reasons we thought it would be better for everyone to try and see if something new would work this year.”

A new idea was sprung out amongst the council, a more involved, big school spirit volleyball tournament. Each class will be competing against each other in a battle to become Spike-It Up volleyball champs.

“Our goal is to create some school spirit while at the time having a good time,” StuCo Advisor Melanie Price said. “If attendance is good here, court warming will be a definite possibility in the future.”
With this idea came about another idea, that could possibly have an effect on whether or not there will be another court warming dance.

“Hopefully the idea behind this also can trigger some feelings of missing a Courtwarming, by not doing it, it might spark a feeling of wanting to go to Courtwarming and possibly being able to have one again in the later years,” Senior Addison Moore said.

Lots of exciting changes to come in seeing how this new idea of a volleyball tournament will turn out, hopefully in a more positive way and in a way we can show the great spirit of Liberty high school.