The weeks before homecoming and prom are filled with a colorful array of spirit displayed throughout the different themed spirit days.

However, it is hard to decipher which dance is of greater importance: homecoming or prom. It is time to investigate which dance students believe is more important and why.

Alyssa, an senior, believes that prom is the better of the two dances.

“I think prom is more important because it is just for upperclassmen,” she says, “so there are no freshmen or sophomores there.”

Homecoming is the dance for the entire school that is at the school and costs a substantially lower amount than prom. Alyssa thinks that because prom is only for upperclassmen it draws a more mature crowd.

“It is more formal and the dresses are more appropriate,” she says.

She also states that because it is more formal people tend to take it more seriously.

“[Homecoming] is an informal dance,” she says, “and has a lot of drama. It is more for underclassmen.”

Alyssa believes the drama that accompanies homecoming week is much more petty than that of prom. Thus, Athas says that prom is far more important than homecoming.

Similarly, Chris, a senior, prefers Prom to homecoming.

“Prom is more important because of the atmosphere. There are older kids that are more mature,” he says. “The songs are better, and it’s not in the [school] gym.”

Chris likes the formality of having prom somewhere other than Arrowhead. However, he still admits that he has fun at both dances.

“The homecoming game is a lot of fun, and the dance is pretty fun,” he says. “It’s just not as much fun [as Prom].”

Although he prefers Prom, he admits it is more work.

“I feel like [asking a girl to] prom is a bigger deal,” he says.

However, while he says it is a bigger deal than homecoming, Chris believes that both are equally difficult. Because both dances are put on through Student Senate, however, prom is often the more difficult of the two to plan, Chris believes.

“Neither [homecoming nor prom] is that easy to ask a girl to,” he says.

He thinks that both dances present a challenge for guys to ask girls in a big way, but he has no problem participating in both. He believes that both dances are great high school moments that everyone should take advantage of.

Chris says he is looking forward to attending homecoming with his girlfriend whom he just asked last week.