Tis the Reason (Questions about Homecoming)
Added last year, this tradition features an effigy and flame
What is a bonfire?
The longest tenured teacher currently at South Newton High School
Who is Mr. Hays?
The year South Newton High School opened
When is 1966?
The all time kills leader for the volleyball team graduated just last year
Who is Leah Schriner?
She was a three sport athlete at South Newton before serving as the 2016-2017 Indiana FFA State Sentinel
Who is Logan Glassburn?
This individual typically crowns the homecoming royalty.
Who is the returning or previous Queen or King?
There is probably a connection between the fact she went to college in Miami and she loves going on cruises
Who is Mrs. Link?
108 students participated in the first one of these at South Newton High School.
What is commencement?
The football team won its only Regional Championship this year, the same year High School Musical premiered on Disney.
When is 2006?
This 1984 graduate is currently the head coach of the Arizona State University baseball team
Who is Tracy Smith?
This sport, first played in 1869, is typically the culminating event of homecoming festivities.
What is football?
He holds the record for oldest faculty member to dunk a basketball
Who is Mr. Glassburn?
This nickname for a Boston sports team was one of the options considered when Rebels was chosen as the South Newton mascot
What is Celtics?
Her importance in our sports history is honored with a tournament bearing her name
Who is Stella Gillen?
This 2009 graduate has made a career designing artwork for racing helmets, cars, and various other mediums
Who is Austin Polen?
This week, often associated with a cheerleading hand motion, is the name of the week proceeding the homecoming events.
What is spirit week?
You could fill a few baskets with the 100 monarch butterflies she raised from eggs this summer
Who is Miss Weaver?
During this year, all of the local community schools closed as students began attending a newly opened South Newton Elementary School.
When is 1996?
The number of golfers that count for the team score at the high school level
What is 4?
Each have family members who are teachers. They are the all time leading girls and boys basketball scorers
Who are Jaimie Diedam and Jay Hammel?
You may be labeled as a "Sir" or "Lady" if you belong to this annual group
What is the Royalty?
Both her college and high school mascots wear blue, but a Blue Boy and a Bearcat only have that and her in common
Who is Mrs. Scherf?
This playing surface was included in the original plans for the school for a sport but is not present today.
What is a tennis court?
Harriers run this distance over the course of a meet, equivalent to 12 and a half times around a track
What is 5000 meters, or 3.1 miles?
Not from Wales, but these two graduates are brothers who both played football for the University of Dayton
Who are Luke and Ben Welsh?