Rally

In the spirit of class unification, each class is given a name: clowns, cowboys, patriots, or stars, which they carry with them throughout their four years of high school.

In the fall, classes get together to decide on a theme for Rally, including a dance, t-shirts, and decorations. In October, Rally day occurs, and the four classes compete in dance, spirit, volleyball, and decorations. This day provides the classes with a chance to come together and compete in a spirited afternoon.

HIGH SCHOOL RALLY NIGHT AT SACRED HEART

HISTORY
Rally Night has been a Sacred Heart tradition at Sacred Heart since 1970. On October 4, 1984, Rally Night was changed from traditionally being held at night to being held in the afternoon. Rally is a time when all the High school comes together as grades to compete for Spirit, Pep, Dance, Volleyball, Decorations, and Costumes. There are four designated symbols the Cowboys, Patriots, Stars, and the Clowns. Each year, the incoming freshmen will receive the symbol of last years' graduated seniors. The symbol received as a freshman will be the class's symbol throughout high school. Each year the grade will choose a song and a theme for rally night. The song and the theme chosen by the grade are traditionally kept a secret. The high school is given time during school to meet and discuss rally. They must vote on a song, theme, a dance committee head, costume committee head and decoration committee head, cheerleader committee head, and volleyball committee head. After all of the committee heads have been chosen, the class is split up to work under the committee of their choice.

Dance Committee
The dance committee's task, is to make up the dance that the class will perform at Rally Night. This is the only committee that is allowed to meet outside of school, in order to make up the dance. The dance is performed by the whole class, and usually consists of several formations. The dance committee is in charge of teaching the rest of the class the dance at the time allowed.

Costume Committee
The costume committee is usually in charge of designing the tee-shirt, but usually one person will come up with the design. The other job of the costume committee is to figure out what accessories the class will wear.

Decoration Committee
The job of the Decorations Committee is to come up with the Decorations. They will design the backdrop, the bleacher decorations and any side decorations. Sometimes the decoration committee is in charge of the shakers, but usually it is the cheerleaders' job.

Requirements/Rules
There are certain requirements/rules that need to be followed so that Rally Night can be performed and so that we do not get disqualified.

We are given a certain amount of money, and we can not go over it.
We are not allowed to practice our dance unless given permission by the Dean of Students.
We can not make any Rally decorations before the day of Rally. We are given a certain amount of time to do decorations the day of Rally before Rally begins, except for spray painting noise makers, which can be made outside of school prior to Rally.
We must have the name of the class symbol on the Shirt Decoration.

Judging
Each year a committee of 5 judges are chosen by the Student Council to judge Rally. They Judge decorations, costumes, spirit, pep, volleyball, and dance. They select the grade which performed the best in each category. If you win dance, your class get the class symbol and year put on a plaque, and if you win the overall spirit award, you get your class symbol and year put on a banner and placed in the school Hallway for everyone to see.

MC's
Rally is hosted by two juniors chosen by student council. They are known as the "MC's". They open Rally by doing and acting very funny.

Pictures of Rally
Rally Pictures from the Past