We went to the Prom on Saturday night!!
My husband is Assistant Principal at a very small low-income high school. He was in charge of putting together Prom this year! This was a huge deal for him because he had never done anything like this before. The past 10 years or so the students had gone to the Elks Lodge and the girls wore regular dresses and the boys wore jeans and button-up shirts!! Come on...to the Prom?? Sid (hubby) was determined to change this. He planned and delegated jobs to various people and it turned out AWESOME!! I am so proud of him! The venue this year was an art gallery. There was catered food with servers (they are used to going to McDonalds for dinner before Prom!!) and a DJ. Since the students couldn't afford to buy dresses or suits or tuxes they were able to get dresses donated and the students had 3 car washes at the high school and raised almost $700 to help pay. Teachers and some parents also donated $$ to help. The students were on their best behavior, looked GREAT and had so much fun!! This is something they had never done before. At proms in the past there were only about 20 students who attended. This year there were 62 out of 70 students!!! Yay!! I hope this helps the morale of the school because they need it so bad. What great memories for them!
My husband is Assistant Principal at a very small low-income high school. He was in charge of putting together Prom this year! This was a huge deal for him because he had never done anything like this before. The past 10 years or so the students had gone to the Elks Lodge and the girls wore regular dresses and the boys wore jeans and button-up shirts!! Come on...to the Prom?? Sid (hubby) was determined to change this. He planned and delegated jobs to various people and it turned out AWESOME!! I am so proud of him! The venue this year was an art gallery. There was catered food with servers (they are used to going to McDonalds for dinner before Prom!!) and a DJ. Since the students couldn't afford to buy dresses or suits or tuxes they were able to get dresses donated and the students had 3 car washes at the high school and raised almost $700 to help pay. Teachers and some parents also donated $$ to help. The students were on their best behavior, looked GREAT and had so much fun!! This is something they had never done before. At proms in the past there were only about 20 students who attended. This year there were 62 out of 70 students!!! Yay!! I hope this helps the morale of the school because they need it so bad. What great memories for them!
6 comments:
Wow - That sounds like so much fun!!! That is awesome that Sid did that - what a cool memory for all those kids (and you guys). I remember our prom nights a few years back (ok - maybe several years back).
what a great night for the kids - they'll always remember that! That's great that Sid took so much time and care planning it all!
That is so great! PROM is such a fun memory of high school and I think it is great that Sid helped make it better for these kids!
What a fun night for the students! You guys look GREAT!
ok...whenever I do this it says Erics name...it's me, Carmen!
what an awesome event!!! I wish I would have known...I've got a bunch of dresses that I could have donated!
You guys look adorable!
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