Senior Party: Must or Bust?

Among the final powwows and last hoorahs of senior year is the senior party–a night of snacking, dancing, and reminiscing with fellow classmates. Arrowhead’s senior party is to be held at the high school on June 5th, the night before graduation, from 8pm to 1am.

The cost of attending is $50, and the theme (because what kind of celebratory high school social event would it be without a cliche theme) is “Hollywood Nights”.

While several students are excited for the fun night of dancing and hanging out with friends made over the last four years, others aren’t so much.

Suzzy Kowalski, an Arrowhead senior, says she is not going to the senior party and is very glad she isn’t.

“I’m not going to spend $50 just to get back into school. Not to mention we’re locked in until 1am and refused the right to leave earlier,” she says.

Kowalski says she has worked hard for the money she has earned over the course of various jobs throughout her high school career, so she is hesitant to spend  $50 on one party.

“I’d rather save my money or spend it on something useful,” Kowalski says.

She says she will probably spend the night celebrating the beginning of summer with a nice family dinner followed by a relaxing evening at home, most likely involving Netflix (as the most enjoyable nights do).

Kowalski says she thinks the senior party is pretty lame because it costs the school a lot of money which could be spent on more useful things needed around the school. She also says she wouldn’t like being forced to stay until 1am and doesn’t think it’s fair to pay $50 to re-enter the building she left just hours earlier.

“The concept of having the senior party the night before graduation is fine, but I think it’s dumb to go home from school that day and then pay $50 to come back a few hours later,” she says.

Elizabeth Leslie, also an Arrowhead senior, disagrees with Kowalski’s standpoint on the senior party. She says she is going and is definitely looking forward to it.

“It sounds like fun. There will be a lot of stuff there like the hypnotist, catered food, a photo booth, and fun decorations,” she says.

Leslie says it’s a great opportunity for seniors to reconnect and be together one last time before graduation where “Class of 2015” becomes official.

“My parents paid for my ticket, but I can see why others think it might be a little overpriced. That’s the one thing I don’t like about it,” she says.

Leslie says she knows students who have jobs that only pay minimum wage, so it’s hard for them to afford a $50 ticket to the senior party while trying to save for college.

“They need to realize that high school seniors don’t have a lot of money, and the money they make they’re saving for big expenses for college,” Leslie says.

She says that a lot of her friends are going, so it will be fun to spend time with the people she won’t see very often next year when she is studying at Iowa State University.

“I’m most excited to hang out with everyone and make some final memories before graduation. It’ll be our last hoorah for sure. Time to celebrate what ‘Class of 2015’ really means,” Leslie says.