Students at Scotland High School are ready to show their school spirit after a week of preparation.

The annual Homecoming Parade will begin at 4:30 p.m. at Scotland High School, with the lineup starting at 3:30 p.m.

The parade, which is expected to last under an hour, will travel east down Church Street to Main Street, where the parade will then head north and stop at the railroad tracks.

Kay Fuller and the School of Leadership and Public Service have been in charge of this year's homecoming, according to Director of Campus-Wide Services Joseph Critcher. He expects the parade to go well.

"We are excited about our parade tomorrow," Critcher said. "We have 47 units involved in the parade so we hope everyone turns out and it doesn't rain tomorrow and we have a pretty day for the parade."

Critcher says the homecoming ends a week of Scots pride.

"We've had spirit week this week and each day kids get to dress in a different attire and they've had a lot of fun with it."

Today students will come to school donning their class colors. Freshmen will wear black, sophomores will wear white, juniors will wear blue and seniors will wear red.

Monday was sports jersey day, Tuesday was decades day, Wednesday was twin day and Thursday was celebrity day.

"We'll have a big pep rally tomorrow afternoon. Ms. Chavis and the cheerleaders have done a good job getting ready for that."

Critch says the parade and rally should have everyone fired up for tonight's game, when Scotland plays Hoke County.

"I think we have a good chance of winning the game. I think our young men will go out there and play hard and bring home a homecoming victory."

At half-time, the homecoming queen will be crowned.

There are 20 candidates for homecoming queen this year, one from each student organization.

The candidates are as follow:

Hillary Best, MST Student Government

Shanika Blackmon, HOSA

Mary Taylor Britt, Key Club

Miriya Bryant, Imani Gospel Choir

Kara Campbell, Digital Media

Brandi Cross, FCA

Juatam Davis, WIA Career Start

Savannah Gainey, Video Productions

Jenna Henderson, NASA

LaChae King, BFM Student Government

Jasmine S. McCallum, Spanish Club

Latazja McNeill, United Dynasty Step Team

Terra Lynn Mitchell, National Honor Society

Mary Moussa, Technology Student Association

Kelsey Powell, FCCLA

Kelsey Swiney, Interact Club

Mary Catherine Tate, LPS Student Government

Nikki Whitted, VAPA Student Advisory Council

Jessi Woodard, Anchor Club

Hannah Yarbrough, Health Science Student Government