Homecoming
2025 Homecoming Dance
Purchase Your Tickets ONLINE!!
Tickets available beginning September 18, 2025.
Who: Only Orchard Park High School students (grades 9 – 12)
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2025
Time: 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
(Doors will open at 7:00, and students will not be admitted after 8:30 p.m.)
Place: Orchard Park High School gym
Ticket Sales: Tickets are $22 (online only)
*Tickets will be sold online from Thursday, September 18, through Thursday, September 25 ONLY!
Students’ current OPHS student ID will serve as the ticket.
Orchard Park High School has the pleasure of having one of the most well-attended homecoming dances in the area. We are proud of our reputation for providing our students with a happy, healthy, and safe evening they are sure to remember.
All Orchard Park High School rules, as outlined in the Orchard Park High School 2025 – 2026 Student Agenda and Handbook, apply to the Homecoming Dance.
Please review the information below regarding our expectations for the Homecoming Dance. These expectations are designed to help ensure that our students have another safe and fun-filled evening.
Keeping Kids Safe (KKS) Meeting: To attend an Orchard Park High School dance, parents/guardians must view the “Keeping Kids Safe” (KKS) video and acknowledge that they have done so before their students can purchase a Homecoming ticket. The video is linked on the Parent Portal as “KKS Signoff.” The final opportunity to meet this requirement is the last day of ticket sales, Thursday, September 25, 2025.
Tickets
Homecoming dance tickets can be purchased ONLINE only at the Orchard Park Central School District website (https://www.opschools.org/hsdance). Once there, click on the Homecoming Dance link on the left-hand side of the page. At the time of ticket purchase, students will choose which door they would like to enter when they arrive at the dance, either Baker Rd. or Freeman Rd. This is done to expedite students entering the building.
Upon entering the dance, ALL STUDENTS must have their current OPHS Student ID, which will serve as their ticket. Students may not type their student number into the computer.
NO ID = NO ENTRANCE TO THE DANCE!
Additionally, we are unable to accept money at the door. Please be sure your student has purchased a ticket online during ticket sales.
Drop off / Parking
Students, whether driving themselves or being dropped off, should arrive and park on the side for which they purchased their tickets. They may leave the dance through either exit.
Appropriate Dress
Dance attire is SEMI-FORMAL and should be in line with the code of conduct as published in the 2025 – 2026 OPHS Student Agenda and Handbook.
Attendees should be dressed with the following guidelines in mind:
- A collared shirt, tie (long or bow), dress pants, belt, and dress
shoes. (A jacket or sport coat is nice but not necessary.)
- Dresses, dressy pants, skirts, and shoes that are safe and comfortable, being worn all night.
- For health and safety reasons, students may not go barefoot at any time.
- Footwear must be clean, in good condition, and appropriate for the occasion. Shoes designed for athletic activities (such as running shoes), along with Crocs, slides, and flip-flops, are not permitted. Clean and stylish sneakers are acceptable.
Students will be denied entry at the discretion of administration for items that are not expressly mentioned here, but that are deemed inappropriate at the time of arrival.
Your child’s health and safety is of utmost importance for us. Please feel free to call the school at 716-209-6242 with any questions.