Mars Area High School will hold its 2018 Homecoming Celebration, Sunday, Sept. 30, through Saturday, Oct. 6.

The theme of this year’s Homecoming celebration is “Lost at Sea.” Spirit Week will begin with the High School’s annual Powder Puff Football Games at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30, at Mars Athletics Complex.

Theme days, held during Homecoming Spirit Week, will include:

A Homecoming Pep Rally will be held at approximately 1:45 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5. And, the 2018 Homecoming Parade will be held at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5, in Downtown Mars, followed by the Fightin’ Planets Homecoming Football Game against the North Hills Indians at 7 p.m. at Mars Athletic Complex. The Homecoming Queen will be crowned at halftime.

The week will end with a Homecoming Dance, to be held from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, at Mars Area Centennial School. The Homecoming King will be crowned during the dance.

Dance tickets are $25 per student and are available for purchase online at https://fs3.formsite.com/hZD3Sz/form1/index.html through Friday, Sept. 28. After that date, tickets are $30 per students and may be purchased at the Student Council booth at Mars Area High School, Monday, Oct. 1, through Thursday, Oct. 4. (Note: Attendance at the dance is limited to those ages 20 and younger.)

Student Council will be donating $1 from each ticket sold to benefit this school year’s PASC (Pennsylvania Association of Student Councils) designated charity, the Children’s Miracle Network.

For more information, call (724) 625-1581.