In the weeks before prom, the announcements and signs all around school were promoting a dress drive, encouraging students to donate their old prom dresses, suits, and shoes. This dress drive will also run in the weeks prior to Senior Ball.
Prom can be expensive, and that means some students who want to go can’t because they’re unable to afford tickets along with the necessary prom attire. As a way to combat this, ASB set up a dress drive for students to donate old dresses, suits, and shoes, so that more students will be able to attend.
The drive accepted donations until March 29th, a week before prom, which was Saturday, April 6th. They asked for donations of dresses, suits, shoes, and jewelry. The drive took place in room L3 in the lunch quad.
Finally, what all the donations had been leading up to, the prom closet officially opened April 1st in the Black Box Theater, and will be open again before Senior Ball. There was a variety of gowns, suits, shoes, and jewelry all set out ready for students to see and maybe take.
Mr. Lowe, coordinator of the Student Support Center on campus, was there to oversee the closet, and encouraged students to look for something for prom if they needed it. He mentioned that even a teacher’s sister who attended the Grammys donated her dress to the closet. Students would sporadically show up throughout the lunch period and browse the selection of prom attire.