Homecoming Parade Tours the Town

Hundreds of people lined Railroad Street and Snedecor Avenue to watch 's annual homecoming parade Saturday afternoon as it made it's way from Blue Point Avenue to the high school.

Accompanied by Bayport and Blue Point Fire Depts. and all of the marching bands in the district, high school students from each class rode along with their homecoming floats cheering for the Phantoms.

This year's homecoming theme was "Raising Awareness." Each class picked a cause to depict on its float.

said the students chose this serious theme because they felt it was a way to show people how to make a difference and bring the community together in another way.

The senior class of 2012 chose "Autism Speaks." The junior class, who were the overall winners of the float contest and homecoming overall, picked "Save the Rainforest." Underclassmen sophomores decided to build their float to honor the "Make-a-Wish Foundation," while the freshman chose to depict the important of saving endangered species.

At halftime, senior Mackenzie Miller was announced Homecoming Queen and was able to claim her throne with Harrison DeSouza as her king.

Visit Patch shortly for photos of the parade and send us your own!