Junior year. A time of momentous self growth and a time in my life when I felt like I really had it all together. Apparently, everyone else thought I had it together too, because I was voted class president! At our school the juniors plan the prom and I really wanted this position so that I could bring some of my personal pizzazz to the habitually mundane proms hosted by Yale High School. I knew this was my last chance to provide myself and my peers with an exciting and remarkable prom experience. So, I took life by the reins, and in the little free time I had between sports and difficult classes, I assembled the best prom ever! Do not let my words fool you, it was definitely a challenge. Getting high school boys and girls to agree on themes, fundraisers, and a venue was not easy. However, we all could agree on one thing: we wanted the venue, decor, and atmosphere to be better than ever. To accomplish this goal, our class needed about $10,000. Coming from a small town with many poor families, funds were definitely a controversy. To host the prom we hoped for, we had to come up with great fundraiser ideas and put them into action. By doing this we raised enough money to host it at the country club near our town. This was a big expense for the class so all school faculty, …show more content…
And that is, no matter how bad you want something in life, there is always going to be someone or something against you. You just have to rise to the occasion and work hard for what you want. In my case it was a someone who didn't like the decor, didn't like the venue, didn't like the food and by the time prom was over probably didn't like me. But I was mature about every issue and handled it in a way the never caused any unneeded conflict. In the end, the students, parents and even the faculty were blown away when they saw our ideas come to life. Although it was difficult, during this time I ended up learning something about
As young girl with big dreams I imagined my senior year of high school to be one of the best years of my life. I imagined going to homecoming with all of my friends, being the captain of the varsity soccer and cheerleading teams, going to Friday night football games, going to Prom with my perfect date, and going on a senior trip with all of my best friends. I never imagined my senior year to be the way that it is. I am the new kid.
Prom is coming up and the students attending Collège Françoise Dupont junior high school in Paris, France is preparing for it.
this experience has given me the courage to not be ashamed of wanting to gain more insight into
6th grade, and I was saying hello, and now 8th grade has come and it’s gone from introductions to goodbyes as my last days as a middle school student wind down. 8th grade, 8th grade from the opening day to the signing of the yearbooks. This is the year of memories, goodbyes, and regrets. 8th grade and I’m still realizing that there are people in the world that would die to go to a school like this.
Within my school, I was Co-president of the National Junior Honor Society group for our school’s annual Parking Lot Party (PLP). For this project, I, along with the help of my other officers, led a group of students to create a set of games and activities for the PLP, which came out with very good results and lots of smiles from the students who both played the games and volunteered for them. From this experience, I have learned how much I enjoy planning an event and seeing it executed successfully with positive results on my community, and I hope that I can continue to do this in YAC.
My senior year stands out among the rest. Coming into my senior year of high school, I hoped that I would have a nice, quiet, enjoyable, and memorable year. However, it ended up being the worst year ofmy four years in high school. Within the stretch of a week and a half, there were four bomb threats made at our school. On the days of each threat there was a note found in the girls' lavatory.
Prom is an overrated rite of passage Prom is a rite of passage; for young men and women it is a stage of transitioning from teenagers to young adults. In this consumer society we feel inclined to conform to the social pressures of prom. It is an expensive rite of passage for students and their families; it comes at the end of your school year as you are celebrating approaching adulthood. It has been taken from the USA and has become a part of culture worldwide. We have to buy rites of passages they are not something that we are just entitled to; they are not inclusive.
Gibson Southern’s students had the chance to attend the “Big City Lights” prom at GSHS on April 21, 2018. Like most little girls that dream of the most extravagant night of their lives with their best friends and amazing partners at prom, the juniors and seniors of Gibson Southern got to experience it in the flesh. Some of the students at GSHS have agreed and said ”This night is the highlight of a student’s high school career.” Others have said, “Prom is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” On this night, girls get to pick out the dress that makes them feel like a princess and the most immaculate pair of shoes to help them dance the night away at prom.
Mostly everyone remembers the ‘High School Musical: Senior Year’, the last of three High School Musical series. The movie focuses on two teenagers preparing for the end of senior year and the beginning of their futures. For their senior prom you see everything like singing proposals, dancing on rooftops, the perfects dates. A lot of people can’t resist the thought of prom after watching this movie, but that isn’t the case for everyone. What’s behind the dresses and suits, is something no one wants, expenses.
Senior year can mean many things to everyone, but to me it is about my last ten football games, senior project and, graduating.
Each of those times was very different and it lead me to discover a lot about myself and who I am and the person
Teenagers today are spending more and more money on the extravagance of prom. The article by Jeffery Shaffer claims that high school proms have become an “exercise in the celebration of extravagance and indulgence.” In this article negative ideas and, inappropriate messages are conveyed to teens. Many of the ideas proposed in this article are eccentric, turning school tradition into competition of unlimited spending.
But most of all, I found that I was able to take a bad experience and make something good out of it for both myself and the rest of the
The end of my second year of high school was an extremely significant moment in my life. I had realized that some of the girls that I swore were going to be my bridesmaids one day, were never actually there when I needed them to be. It became more evident as the years went on, who was there when it was convenient and who was there when I was not as
and feel I have learnt lots; I have been able to look deeper into my