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For the first time in decades, Junior Prom will be held in the middle of April (the sixteenth and seventeenth), rather than the first weekend in March.
Through the constant struggles of Covid-19, the prom committee has had to make a few changes to prom to help fit with the guidelines. They’ve compiled a few ideas to help reduce the number of people, while still trying to keep the proceedings as regular as possible.
One way the prom committee has tried to reduce the number of people coming is by having only juniors plus one rule.
“The current plan for attending the dance is juniors plus one,” said prom advisor Sterling Whipple. “It’s junior prom and it will be for the juniors. If a junior wants to ask a senior, that’s fine. A junior wants to ask a sophomore that’s fine. But it’s for juniors, so that’s the current plan right now.”
At the current moment, it is also okay for a freshman, sophomore or senior to ask a junior. As long as a junior is involved in the couple.
Another change the prom committee believes will happen at this time will be limiting the number of people going to promenade. They would like to include the community, but they are unsure of how many will actually be able to attend.
“I think they are mostly concerned with the amount of people coming to the promenade; they might just let only the kids have like two tickets and they can split it up between the nights,” said junior Jada Bailey, who is on the prom planning committee, “similar to what they did for winter sports.”
There are many unknowns with prom this year.
“Since it’s clear in April, we are trying to see how things turn out,” said Bailey, “Like with the vaccine so we are trying to figure out if things are going to get better or things are going to get worse. It also depends on the health department and what the administration decides.”
The theme for prom this year will be masquerade. In their decorating they will try to include blacks, whites, and gold. Their goal is for it to have an elegant look.
“We are doing the whole mask thing anyway, so we are inviting everybody that if they would like to, they can bring their own masquerade style masks,” said Whipple.
The prom committee also already ordered a few masquerade eye-style masks for people if they would like to use them when they get to prom. They will simply be black and gold and unisex for both genders to use. If students don’t want to wear one, they don’t have to.
Even though prom is further away this year, it has not delayed the asking process. Students started asking way back in the beginning of January .
“We thought it would be like the end of February when people would start asking, but it was like right when we got back from Christmas break,” said junior Natalya Benson, who is also on the prom planning committee.
There is much excitement for prom and it’s a dream come true for the juniors that they are able to have it during these times. It will be worth it in the end even with all the restrictions.
“I feel like it’s a good compromise,” Whipple said.
