“Promenade, also known as Prom, is the second most significant event for teenagers today,” according to faviana.com. And on average, a girl will spend around $900 to $1000 for the big night. A lot goes into prom. There is the dress shopping, hair appointments, makeup, prom-posals, tux rentals, tickets, and most importantly the planning that often goes unnoticed from student government.
Student Government is a group of students that discuss how to take on upcoming obstacles and events. They help tremendously with raising money for the class. Without the help from the student government, there would be no prom or organized fundraisers. Once a month, on Wednesday, at 7:10 a.m. the Class of 2025 Student Government meet up with their class advisors (Ms. Rizzo and Ms. Lynch).
Senior Prom
Considering the senior class trip, senior prom and potential combination of proms, there is more money to be raised than past years. There are more costs for seniors this year than was required last year for them as juniors.
“We’re going to try and smartly allocate the money,” Lynch explained. “Some being towards prom and some being towards the senior trip, so it balances out the two costs for us,” she added. All the money has been raised from fundraisers run by the Student Government.
The Student Government had two designated meetings the past two months to focus on prom, and they already planned a bulk of it. The date is set for May 16 at St. Clement’s Castle. To help make the ticket prices cheaper for senior and other senior trips more affordable, the Student Government decided to do a final fundraiser.
“We’re doing one more fundraiser, and the purpose of doing that is to make prom tickets even cheaper.” Senior class president, Joshua Nobitz explained.
The Volleyball Tournament run by The Class of 25’ is Friday, April 4th. The Class of 25’ had the same fundraiser in October and raised $1420 from the tournament.
Ms. Lynch stated, “We decided to do a second volleyball tournament this year because it is a fundraiser that produces a lot of money without too much overhead.” Lynch added, “Also, our class officers felt that students would be excited about participating in it a second time.”
All proceeds will be going to The Class of 2025. Once the money is collected and calculated, prom tickets will be sold after spring break.
Junior Prom
Junior prom is on May 2nd this year. Two weeks before senior prom. Junior Prom tickets will be sold starting Monday (3/24) for a week and a half. Each ticket will be sold for $85. The location will be set at Amarante’s Sea Cliff, in New Haven.
Jaquelyn Ciarleglio, who is the Secretary for Student Government for the Class of 2026, stated, “We are still waiting to get our Swoosh for Change money, so all the profits will go towards prom.”
With the ticket price set, the money raised from Swoosh for Change will be used towards the DJ and decorations. The fundraiser, held by Swoosh for Change, splits the money with Class of 26’ and 27’ and the Human Services.
“Over $2,000 was raised this year,” said Rivendinara, the Class of ‘26 advisor.
Last year, Swoosh for Change raised $1,122.
The Back-Up Plan If Fundraisers Did Not Work Out
Last year, there was the potential thought of combining the two proms together, as not enough money was raised from the Class of 25’ or 26’.
To work around the money problem, a cheaper venue was chosen.
Lynch explained, “We were smart in choosing a location where prom would be.” The considered choice was The Society Room in Hartford. It was too expensive due to a higher priced menu and experience overall. St. Clement’s castle was fairly priced, while considering the other events seniors have to save for.
With prices going up, and several events coming up soon, raising the money and distributing it properly is the main focus until the end of the year.