Breaking up was tough this year.

Throughout the fierce battle of Spirit Week, competition boiling between all grades for who is the most spirited comes to a conclusion. Ending the rivalry of the week usually follows with a regrouping and unification of all the grades at the homecoming dance; however this year was different.

For the first time, Spring-Ford’s homecoming dance was held on two nights: Friday for the freshmen and sophomores and Saturday for the juniors and seniors.

Opinions were mixed.

“They have their own dance, they will be fine,” stated senior Megha Rajan who was in support of the dance being split.

Others disagreed.

“There is going to be a lack of energy and others present at the dance,” junior Nick Elsner exclaimed in disbelief by the situation.

In previous years the dance included all grades, but starting this year, the 2018-2019 dance was split up between upperclassmen and underclassmen. With changing the normal dynamic, some students were having concerns and issues adjusting while others believed the change would improve the time and environment.

With a lack of students, a lot of steps had to be taken to fulfill  the true homecoming dance experience. This started before the dance was even underway, where students could only get pictures with the people in their grade, not necessarily friends who are in different grades.

The amount of people who actually attended made students uncomfortable. It was also noticeable that students had a harder time having fun with the lack of students present because there was a drastic change in the environment.

On the other hand, students  enjoyed themselves with having more room to move around. Also, knowing that since the classes are split, nobody would bother any other class as well.