On Sept. 27, 2025 the Homecoming dance was held at the new building of Cyprus High School.

The dance was set in the main gym, starting at 6:30 p.m., as posted on the Cyprus student government’s instagram page. The student government is an organization which is responsible for the planning of school functions, including dances. With many new features, a whole new world has opened up for this year's dance. 

A new rule for this year’s homecoming that has raised some concerns is that, to preserve the new gym’s floor, students were asked not to wear heels or dress shoes. The student government published a post on instagram, informing students of this rule. It might have been a deterrent for some students, and a small group broke the rule, but “A lot of kids matched colorful Converse to their clothes or something like that. And actually, that was pretty fun,” says teacher Krystal Haslett, chaperone at the dance and advisor of student government. 

Haslett also reports that more than 1000 tickets were sold, a higher number than in past years, but the space was enough to fit all the participants, and it was the best option available.

Music was the main issue of the night, according to both Haslett and Samantha Wilson, who serves on student government as a historian. In fact, the music stopped playing for several minutes on the night of the dance. Haslett says, “I wish that that would have worked better, so maybe in the future, we can download the songs on whatever is being used so that that doesn't happen.” Decorations could have also been improved, in Haslett’s opinion. 

As for issues in student government, Wilson reports that the hardest part of planning was communication: “We all are very bad at communication and communicating with each other about things. It gets really messy really fast.” The people in student government started planning the dance three weeks in advance, says Wilson. Divided by grade and role, they had many things to think about for the dance to go smoothly. 

Hosting the dance in the new campus brought more difficulty to the planning process, “There was a lot more we had to do, and plan for. So it was more complicated, but I'm glad we did it in the new building,” says Wilson. When asked if the new school is a better space for school dances, Haslett says she is “Undecided - As far as dances go, that's still a little bit hard.”

Overall, both Haslett and Wilson seem to be satisfied with the outcome of the night: even though some changes would have made it better, the dance was a success!