The week of Homecoming was made up of five spirit days. Monday was �Put the Cavs to Bed�, Tuesday was �Send the Cavs Back in Time�, Wednesday was �Welcome the Cavs�, Thursday was �Blur the Cavs Day�, and Friday was the traditional Blue and White day. Each day, there were three winners announced. Also, throughout the week, Student Government sold carnations and they were delivered Friday morning during first period.

During the half day on Friday, the school held the 2001 homecoming pep rally. Even though the Freshmen pulled off a win with their patriotic bleacher decorations, the Seniors led the school with the most school spirit. At the pep rally, Luke Baltz, Mike Cangelosi, Chris Gary, Kyle Sergent and Bryan Wolf made a pep speech and presented Andy Weaver with a football jersey and autographed football for being the number one fan. Students participated in the tug-o-war, and class yells. Towards the end of the pep rally, court was announced. With everyone�s curiosity running wild, Greg Herbster was named Homecoming king of 2001. There was a lot of school spirit filling the gym, which made the outlook for that night positive.

Friday night, each of the seven girls took their ride around the track in a sponsored convertible. After each girl was announced, Dionne Jones, who surprised everyone as she passed by with her football uniform on, was crowned Queen by the 2000 Homecoming Queen, Liza Towne. To end this important day, the football team pulled off a breath taking 21-17 victory over East Stroudsburg.

Retaliation strikes on Afghanistan were carried out for the first time October 7, 2001 and more are to follow. These attacks were of course brought on by the actions of a terrorist group on September 11, 2001, a day that will forever live in infamy. United States bombers, assisted by British and other allied forces, raided Afghanistan targets throughout the night. Also, a second case of anthrax, a lethal bacterium, drew immediate exposure in Florida. Officials have been fretting an outbreak of diseases by crop dusters and have been taking precautionary measures.

Including the attacks abroad, the government has taken steps to secure safety here at home by heightening security at nuclear facilities and power plants. There is also the security and tougher restrictions at airlines. A further and more ongoing step towards security was the swearing-in ceremony of Pennsylvania�s former Governor, Tom Ridge. Ridge�s new position as director of the Office of Homeland Security gives him the power to secure loopholes in the country where any threat could slip through and cause trouble. In Afghanistan, citizens under control of the Taliban were told to stay inside their houses and turn out all of the lights for protection. Those who live with the influence of the Taliban government also faced attacks from the Northen Alliance, a small section of Afghanistan that is sworn against the Taliban and who have launched an attack following the United States. Those in neighboring Pakistan had mixed reactions towards the United States attacks. Mobs of people chanted Osama bin Laden�s name in the streets and police tried to control the group with tear gas, but one man died in the fury. The first case of anthrax in Florida killed a 63-year-old man in Florida. The second case includes anthrax bacteria that were found in a man�s nasal passages. This man was also a co-worker of the Florida man that died earlier. The building where both men worked has been closed after officials were prompted to search the facility for more of the bacteria. This minor outbreak has not yet been linked to any kind of terrorist threat. At the same time the United States was launching bombs, the nation dropped over 37,000 kits of food and medicine for Afghani refugees.