Homecoming Week 2024 is nearly upon us. A week of spirit days and preparations will begin on Monday, September 16 and culminate with the pep rally, parade, and big game on Friday, September 20. A community pep rally will be held in the IKM-Manning High School gym in Manning at 1:15 p.m. on Friday, September 20. Please remember that school doors are locked during the day. Doors will open for the pep rally at 1:00 p.m. The school requests the public not to arrive earlier than that. All IKM-Manning community members and alumni are invited to attend with the students to see the coronation of the Homecoming King and Queen. The Homecoming parade, beginning about 2:15 or approximately 30 minutes after the pep rally ends, will organize in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church parking lot. Float entries should report to that site no later than 2:00 p.m. that day. The parade will proceed west on 2nd Street from the Catholic Church to Main Street then turn south down Main Street, ending at Manning Service Center. Information will be sent home with students regarding pick up points for parents and bus routes after the parade.
The IKM-Manning Wolves take on the Riverside Bulldogs in the Homecoming football game starting at 7:00 p.m. Friday night, September 20. Homecoming Royalty will be recognized in a pre-game ceremony beginning at 6:40 p.m. at Forman Field.
The Homecoming dance will begin following the football game at the high school and will conclude the Homecoming festivities.
The theme for Homecoming this year, as determined by the student council, is Board Games. Businesses and community organizations are encouraged to participate in the parade by entering a float but please do not throw candy. Contact the high school office at telephone number 655-3781 or email jbunker@ikm-manning.k12.ia.us if you plan on entering a float. Prior notice is greatly appreciated. If your organization will have middle school students riding a float you must contact MS Secretary Janell Vollstedt no later than Wednesday, September 20 and you are responsible for getting those students to their parents or the appropriate bus loading areas after the parade. Community floats will line up in the Catholic Church parking lot and should be there by 2:00 p.m.
If weather would force us to have to cancel the parade we will still have the pep rally
and coronation but move it back to 2 p.m. All normal after-school bus routes, Irwin, Manilla, and Manning, would depart from the bus loop at the conclusion of the pep rally. If conditions force us to consider cancelling the parade we will try to make that decision by 10:30 a.m. on the day of the parade if possible.