Sweet Homecoming Krum ISD celebrates this Texas tradition in a big way. by Taylor Poston Public Information Officer Krum ISD
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very Texan knows the age-old saying, “Everything is bigger in Texas,” and when it comes to Homecoming, that is especially true for the small town of Krum, Texas.
With just over 5,000 residents living within the city limits, Krum is a small community located northwest of the city of Denton in Denton County. With more than 2,200 students, Krum Independent School District has five campuses, one of which is the high school. I first started working with the district in the 2018-19 school year. 2018 was not my first Texas Homecoming, but it was my first Krum Homecoming, and it was very different from what I experienced in my high school years a decade ago. Sure, we had the pep rally, the homecoming carnival and the homecoming game, but it was usually just us high school kids (and our parents) who went to those events. The only sign that it was Homecoming to the people that lived around my high school was the sight and sound of Homecoming mums or nicely dressed teenagers at dinner before the dance. That whole experience was changed for me forever in the fall of 2018. A young football community, Krum has only had football Homecoming for the last 10 years. Before that, it was during basketball season. However, the youth of their Homecoming traditions only adds to the amazing turnout of school spirit that this event sees each year. People are not participating in these traditions because they’re expected to; they participate because they truly want to.
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