“Through Time and Space” ended just five weeks ago, but the Student Executive Council (SEC) has already begun the process of assessing the week’s strengths and pitfalls to improve next year’s Homecoming. “We always debrief the week after Homecoming to discuss what did and did not go well,” Student Activities Director Lisa Hall said.

A serious issue SEC faced was one regarding students’ safety. “The administration was concerned about the safety of stuff-a-bench,” Hall said. “There were students that fell off the various towers this year. Luckily no one was hurt, but it is definitely precarious.” Because of this, SEC might change the rules of the game. “We were thinking that the bench should be just one layer of people,” senior class president Miles Matthews, who ran the stuff-a-bench game, said.

After debriefing, the SEC has decided upon a few changes that they plan to enact next year. One of these planned changes is to spread the knowledge of the games’ rules more effectively. “There was some confusion about the rules,” Hall said. “They have always been written down, but they have never been especially publicized.”

According to Senior Student Body President Daljeet Virdi, Homecoming week was a success, despite the interruptions with the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) and controversies with the final standings. “SEC did a wonderful job in making sure Homecoming events ran smoothly,” Virdi said. “At the end of the week, even though the results were surprising, Gunn came together as one [unified] student body.”

Unification started within SEC as officers put aside their own differences and worked together to plan the week. “As a whole, [SEC] was aware of the challenges but was determined to work together despite everything,” Hall said. “They knew that the purpose of the week was to bring the school together, raise school spirit and support the football team.”

SEC hopes to extend the school spirit for next year’s Homecoming. “We want people to celebrate [Homecoming] week, not feel down because their class didn’t get the rank they wanted to get,” Virdi said. “We want to make it a more positive experience.”