East Meadow High celebrates homecoming

Posted Thursday, October 20, 2022 12:00 am

The high school’s cheerleading team showed some pride for homecoming.

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The theme for this year's floats was 'big cities.'

Courtesy East Meadow School District

The East Meadow High School Jets faced off against the Baldwin Bruins for their homecoming game on Oct. 15

Courtesy East Meadow School District

Homecoming king and queen, Aidan Occhiuto and Daniella Gomez, were crowned at the end of the halftime show.

Courtesy East Meadow School District

The homecoming parade on Oct. 15 started at Veterans Memorial Park and was led by the East Meadow Jets marching band.

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East Meadow High School bled blue and gold on Oct. 15 for their homecoming.

The festivities started with a parade, led by the school’s Jets marching band, starting at Veteran’s Memorial Park and ended at the high school. School officials, board members, faculty and staff showed their pride as they marched through the neighborhood.

The theme for this year’s floats was “famous cities.” While students riding on the floats threw treats to those supporting them, members of the homecoming court were escorted throughout the parade, followed by the high school’s cheerleading and kickline teams.

The stands were packed for the East Meadow Jets versus Baldwin Bruins game. Halftime consisted of performances by the kickline team, cheerleaders and the marching band, and finished with the crowning of the homecoming king Aidan Occhiuto and queen Daniella Gomez.

The East Meadow Jets played a hard-fought game against the Baldwin Bruins, but they lost with a final score of 34-0.

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