Each Valentine’s Day season, choir students participate in singing grams. These singing grams are bought by students for partners, friends or teachers.
These singing grams allow for students to show their love and appreciation towards their fellow peers or advisors. Students have the opportunity to buy either an $8 package, which is just acapella students singing to the gifted or a $12 package where a rose and chocolates will also be given to the gifted.
Singing grams are a tradition for the chorus students that could not be done last year to the dismay of many students. This school year singing grams have returned in attempts to demonstrate what the a capella group does and help build community throughout the school.
“The students have fun with it, and I think it’s a great way to show other students what we do, and it’s a great way to build community too, because kids can buy them for one another and just have fun with it,” choral director Chris Eaton said.
Students who purchase will have the opportunity to pick from the songs, “Life Could Be a Dream”, “One Call Away”, “Can’t Help Falling in Love”, and “Crazy Thing Called Love” to have the a capella club perform for their intended receiver.
“I think our Shaboom. It’s really fun because it’s different but it’s a really happy song so it kind of brings more of like the fun like lovey dovey kind of situation more than like serious like where we’re just standing in classrooms singing,” Lorenza Schweitzer (11) said.
Both students and teachers are excited to bring back the tradition of singing-grams. It will benefit moods plus allow students to practice singing and signing in front of others.
“I think it brings community to Highlands by allowing singers to work together and for those giving and receiving the valentines grams to spark a closer bond,” Emil Sztanyo (10) said.
The fun is apparent on both sides, both being able to experience the joys that come with Valentine’s day, no matter if it’s platonic or romantic. Being able to have some fun with your peers can brighten a quarter that can be a drag during the school year.
“I have a lot of love in my heart for Carson Schulte. He’s a good friend of mine and I think he can use some cheering up on a lonely day for him like Valentine’s Day,” Harrison Schultz (12) said.
