The dress for homecoming is generally semi-formal; girls wear nice dresses (often very provocative ones) and boys wear jackets and ties. The level of formality that is displayed in later, black-tie dances is not required for this, the first dance of the year. Homecoming is the one major dance consistently open to all four grade levels at the high school, and many of the students who attend (especially the younger ones) will choose to go as large groups with their friends.