Special Events

 The homecoming game for 2025 will be Friday, September 12.

Dress up Days are as follows:

• Monday - Mad Hatter's Mix Up (Wacky Tacky Day)
• Tuesday - Tweedledee & Tweedledum (Twin Day)
• Wednesday - White Rabbit Wednesday (Running Late/Pajama Day)
• Thursday - Paint the Roses Red (Wear Red Day)
• Friday - Wonderland Friday (Spirit/Character Day - Wear School Colors)

If you plan to participate in the parade, please get a permission form from the front office or the adult in charge of the group with which you will be riding/walking.

The homecoming dance will be held Saturday, September 13, in the school gym from 7-10 p.m. Students may purchase a ticket for the dance for $10 ahead of time by using the link below.

TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. You may also pay at the door. If you pay using the link, please be sure to include the name of each individual for whom you are paying.

Dates may not be in middle school and cannot be older than 20. If your date is not an ECHS student, then you must complete the approval form and turn it in to Ms. Lovett. See instructions on the form.

Link to Homecoming Date Form

You can also purchase pictures at the dance.

Homecoming Dance Dress Code Requirements

The following attire is recommended and encouraged for the Homecoming Dance: Church to Semi-Formal wear. Below are examples of acceptable attire for both ladies and gentlemen.

• Ladies: dress slacks/blouse, pant suits, appropriate length dress, no revealing clothing
• Gentlemen: khakis/dress slacks, collared shirts (polo-type shirts are acceptable); ties are optional; no revealing clothing

Unacceptable Garments

Any student seeking admittance into the Homecoming dance wearing any of the following will be denied admittance:

• Jeans
• Shorts
• Hats/Visors/Scarves/Bandanas/Rollers
• T-Shirts
• Tank Tops/Muscle Shirts
• Flip-Flops, slides, or Crocs
• Skirts/Dresses worn at an inappropriate length
• Blouses/Dresses that are too revealing

The ECHS prom for the 2026-2027 school year will be held at Kehoe Iron Works Saturday, March 13, 2027 from 7-11 pm.

All students who check in for prom at 7:00 pm are required to stay until the end of prom.  If students choose to leave before the prom ends, they are not allowed to reenter.

• ALL juniors and seniors of Effingham County High School must pay their prom dues in order to attend (even if their date is a student at ECHS and has paid their dues). You only have to pay this fee one time.
• Prom dues are $65. If you choose to wait to pay at the door the night of prom the fee will be $100 and will be cash only. 
• You may pay your dues/date fees online using MySchoolBucks.com. 
• Pay using My School Bucks. The link for the 2026-2027 school year is not yet available.
• Students bringing dates that are not students at this school must complete a prom date approval form available online and turn it in to Ms. Lovett in the front office. There is a date fee of $25.00 for guests who are not a junior or senior at ECHS. (If you have not turned in a form to Ms. Leighann Lovett, and your date fee is not paid, your date will not be allowed entrance.)
• There will be a link available closer to the time for prom that may be used to pay the non-ECHS date fee.
• DATES MUST BE UNDER 21 AND CANNOT BE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
• Invitations will be sent to your school email.

You must use the link to pay the $25 fee if your date is not a junior or senior at ECHS who has already paid their own dues.  These are your prom dues.  If you paid as a junior, you do not have to pay again as a senior.  You must pay on-line.  If you plan to pay at the door you can pay $100 with cash only.

The prom date approval form can be printed from the link below and turned in to Ms. Lovett in the student office.
date approval form link

Photo information for prom will be available closer to the actual prom date.