Come one, come all to the Homecoming Week carnival–and they did.
Held on the grounds of the former Santa Cruz Elementary School adjacent to the high school, students, parents, siblings, teachers, administrators and local residents joined in the games and festivities Thursday evening.
The carnival was yet another event in the fun-filled week of Homecoming activities.
It featured a haunted house, a dunk tank, car smashing, a cakewalk, a rock climbing wall, a bounce house, piñatas and both pie-eating and pie-throwing contests.
Homecoming Week’s final event will be the dance tonight at the high school at 7 p.m.
Photos by Amy Jamieson
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