With the end of senior year quickly approaching, we have experienced almost all of the rite-of-passage senior events that are so highly anticipated. Although prom and graduation are still about a month away, I thought it would be interesting to rank the events that have already occurred.
Honorable mention: prom. It wouldn’t be a complete ranking if prom wasn’t mentioned, but since it hasn’t happened yet, I have to give it an honorable mention. Buying a prom dress is something that girls dream about for years, and now that I have actually gone through the process I can say it lived up to my expectations. Although I can’t speak for prom itself, I can say that I’m pretty excited just to wear my dress and take pictures.
Now for the real rankings…
1. Hypnotist assembly. I went into this not really knowing what to expect, so I wasn’t necessarily excited for it. I think I was more excited to have the day off of classes than for the assembly itself. But about 10 minutes into the assembly, I realized that it was actually going to be a very fun hour and a half. Watching our hypnotized classmates go through the strangest series of actions, from riding a bike to hiding from spiders, was honestly one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. I think it was a combination of the ridiculous commands and the fact that the people doing them would never actually do those things in real life.
2. Senior fashion show. People may have a different opinion on this one based on what store they modeled, but I got Peaches, a prom dress store (can you tell I like wearing fancy dresses?).
Senior Fashion Show
I had a lot of fun going to Peaches with my friends to pick out our dresses, even though the selection was pretty meager because the store can’t lend out the dresses they actually want to sell. I’ve heard of people getting dresses from Peaches for the fashion show that are really not cute in past years, but luckily my friends and I were spared and got dresses that were actually really nice. The day of the fashion show was also really fun because my friends and I all got ready and had lunch together before we went to the school. I will say that we had to get to the school really early, almost 4 hours before the show started, and the waiting around part was not super fun. But all was forgotten when we put on our dresses and walked down the stage. I would say this event really made me feel like we were second semester seniors; it really marked the start of all the fun senior events.
3. Senior Celebration. This is such a highly advertised event and it really is admirable how much time and effort all of the parent volunteers put into making it a fun night. And I really did have fun going around to all of the different stations and playing the games. My personal favorite was the Memory Hallway; I loved seeing pictures of all of our classmates as kids and how we have grown up. The only reason Senior Celebration is ranked third is because I felt that it dragged on for a pretty long time. I think the length should be cut down to four hours, from 6-10pm instead of 5-10 to keep kids from getting bored.
4. Powderpuff. Although I wasn’t able to attend the actual game day because the original date was postponed, the preparation was very fun. I enjoyed my team’s “practices” (I’m not sure if they can even be called that) and making our t-shirts to wear. On the day of the game, I supported my team from afar and kept up with the updates on the Dawg Pound Instagram. They got out in the first round of competition, but I’m sure it was a strong effort nonethless.
Senior Sunrise (pre-rain)
5. Senior sunrise. I feel bad putting this one last because it’s supposed to kick off senior year, but the weather really ruined it. I did have fun making my “Under the Sea” costume with my friends, but we only got to wear them for about 15 minutes before we were ushered inside because of the rain. I wish we had been allowed to go on the turf to take pictures and socialize! I didn’t even end up going to the “make-up” senior sunrise day because it was cloudy again.
Even though some of these events didn’t rank as highly as I thought they would have at the beginning of the school year, none of them were not fun. With every senior-only event, I am reminded how quickly our last year of high school is going by. I’m really looking forward to the last few weeks of the school year when graduation is really close and the only thing that matters is enjoying every moment.
Hey Alyssa, great blog. As I read more blogs they are all slowly transitioning into blogs about ending senior year or reflecting upon our time in high school. Your list is very accurate, except I would have ranked airband high since I got to dance in the show. I think that this list is representative of us enjoying senior year contrary to the stress of college applications and academics that were prioritized in junior year. Moreover, there are many more events to come that we all as seniors can look forward to such as prom, graduation, and the whole of summer before we attend college or pursue our future careers. I am looking forward to the many more events and although it has yet to hit me that I will be done with high school in under 20 days, but nevertheless I have been trying to enjoy every moment.