The city joined the high school on Sept. 18 as Fort Lupton High School celebrated homecoming 2023 with a parade and chili supper.
The Bluedevils homecoming 2023 parade featured plenty of blue and white as students and alumni marched and drove down Denver Avenue, McKinley Avenue, and into the high school, greeted by cheering families and friends.
Following the parade was a Chili dinner at the high school hosted by the Fort Lupton Booster Club, sponsored by Les Schwab Tires, The State Champ Grill, Bank of Colorado, and many community members.
Fort Lupton Mayor Zo Hubbard is leading the homecoming parade. Credit: Belen Ward 
Fort Lupton High School Football team. Credit: Belen Ward 
Fort Lupton Middle School soccer. Credit: Belen Ward 
Fort Lupton High School girl’s volleyball team. Credit: Belen Ward 
Mia Montoya is wearing Fort Lupton school colors in her hair. Credit: Belen Ward 
The community of Fort Lupton came to the chili supper after the parade to support fundraising for school programs.
Mary Ellen Leblanc, Vice President of Operations Bank of Colorado, said they do an annual chili supper for the homecoming, serving chili and pozole.
“The money goes to the booster clubs, then the booster club, the students, and the organizations ask if the school needs help with an event, LeBlanc said.
The funds go towards events such as the after-prom event and setting up and operating the concessions. They also have a bingo event, so everything they earn at the chili supper returns to the schools.
“It’s a 40-plus-year tradition that the freshman class started with a chili supper when we were back in school,” Leblanc said.
“Through the years, it just evolved in Booster clubs that have been running it for about 12 or 15 years,”
LeBlanc said it’s traditionally run by volunteers and members from Booster Club, a couple of businesses, and State Champ Grill, who made pozole this year.
“The Amato family helped us, and then everything else is donated by Booster Club, members, friends, and local businesses.
Lynn Moore has some history contributing to her 42nd year at Fort Lupton High School and homecoming. She retired ten years ago as a substitute teacher but now is back to working in the area where she taught in the catering department and consumer family studies.
Moore was also a senior class sponsor and a cheerleader coach for 32 years.
“I couldn’t miss tonight’s events it in my heart and happy to be here,” Moore said.