![]() This new policy has left many juniors who planned on bringing guests disappointed. Seniors were given priority because it is their last year and we want them to at least be able to do that.” “We just want to make sure everybody is safe, so we can’t have too many people. “The rule was made to make sure that everybody could attend Prom,” Student Council Adviser Michael Woxland said. One change from previous school events is that only seniors can invite guests from other schools to combat the possibility of overcrowding at the dance. “We’ll arrive around six and stay there the whole time, but Prom ends pretty early so we’ll go somewhere to eat later in the night.” “I’m going to meet up and hang out with my friends beforehand,” Cruz said. Junior Bonnie Rose Dela Cruz is planning for before and after the event. A lot of the other venues we toured were too small or were just full of tables, but this one had a huge dance floor and a bunch of space for people to move.” “So once we visited the venue, the vision came to life. “We had a vision with our decorations and theme,” Khoury-Yacoub said. “The whole junior class voted on the theme, and there were other ideas like ‘Head in the Clouds’ or ‘Cherry Blossoms’, but we think matches the venue well.”Īfter surveying many locations, StuCo selected Stoney’s Rockin’ Country, a western-themed venue that hosts live music and line dancing lessons. “We’ve been working on it since toward the end of last year,” junior class president Victoria Khoury-Yacoub said. We'll still find other ways to connect socially and we'll still be able to 'have prom' even though we can't have prom," Griffith said.Carrying on the yearly tradition, the junior class’ Student Council is preparing for the junior/senior Prom on Saturday, April 29 at Stoney’s Rockin’ Country in Town Square from 6-9 p.m. "It really means that even in the face of this pandemic, we can't be held down. Griffith, also a junior at Creighton Prep, said the hours his fellow students put into building the space, block by block, show how much making memories in high school means to them. "Recreating the whole prom experience, people that are more into the whole dressing up and going out part of prom can do that if they want," McNally, a sophomore at Creighton Prep, said. They even adhered to a formal dress code. Using Minecraft scenery and a Discord server for communication, they invited students to play mini-games, duel in fighting areas, or hang out in a digital auditorium complete with a huge dance floor and a DJ booth. Simon Podliska, Jack McNally and Isaiah Griffith, three Creighton Prep High School students, literally put together a party. In Omaha, Nebraska, a group of high school students built their own Minecraft prom too. I think it’s really valuable for people to be able to look at these online spaces as legitimate social spaces." There are downsides to technology - when we were in person I had issues with people being on their phone too much - but people are taking what they have and making the best of it. ![]() ![]() "And I think it’s a thing, especially since we’re stuck at home with nothing to do, that gives people something to take their mind off everything that’s going on. ![]() "As I was walking through it, just walking around the environment, it was this drastic return to normality for me, just walking through the doors," said Allison. Together with a dozen classmates Allison used Google Earth to get the layout of Hunter College High and then built a 3D version brick-by-brick in Minecraft. "For just a second, it feels like we're being returned to the normal functioning of school," said Ruby Allison, 17, a senior. Students across the country are finding creative ways to hold events such as prom and graduation virtually.Īt Hunter College High in New York City students spent days creating a virtual model of their high school in Minecraft so that they can feel like back at school for the virtual prom. ![]()
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