Birds by the beach: Prom 2024

Kara Laber, Chloe Guy, Mya Schwartz, and Ady Klosterman

April 30, 2024

Features

Music on, surrounded by fish, decorations up, it’s that time of the year to get your fun on.

Prom 2024 had changes prior to 2023 prom. This year, it was located at the Newport Aquarium, where last year it was held at Northern Kentucky University. Juniors and Seniors were excited about the change of location, especially seniors since it was their last school dance.

Senior Katy Fisher stated her opinion on prom: “I was super excited about the switch to the aquarium. I was looking forward to seeing the different underwater creatures, I had a blast exploring.”

The theme of prom was Birds By the Beach. At the Aquarium, students were allowed to go around the exhibits and galleries.

Junior Ella Dixon stated: “My favorite part of having prom at the aquarium was seeing the shark tank where you were able to touch them.”

Weeks before the dance students had the chance to vote for their prom king and queen. There were six junior girls, Chelsea Crisler, Ella Cunningham, Adelaide Foley, Lucy Henry, Ellie Mohr, and Emme Orme and six Junior boys, Sam Arnold, Torin Bryant, Carson Vieth, Jack White, Ashton Willis, and Owen Yelton.

Junior Ellie Mohr stated “It felt exciting and rewarding to have the opportunity to run for prom queen and to feel that support from my peers!”

During the dance they announced that juniors Torin Bryant and Lucy Henry had won king and queen.

Junior Torin Bryant stated: “It was a fun experience, I didn’t think that I was gonna win.”

After the nominations went out, students continued to dance away until prom ended.

Prom to Dawn was up next for students. The theme was Hollywood and was located at Highlands High School. There were activities all around the school including, a Spin 360 photo booth, a gaga pit, gambling, a Tarot Card Reader, and so much more.

Prom To Dawn also included a variety of catered restaurant food such as Skyline, Buffalo Wild Wings, Rio Grande, and so much more.

Prom to Dawn lasted from 11 till 2 in the morning.

Teachers and volunteers worked hard to put this all together and make it special for our juniors and seniors.

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About the Contributors

Kara Laber, Photo Assistant

Kara Laber is a sophomore enrolled in publications. She is most interested in photography and wants to continue that passion throughout her life. She also enjoys doing costumes and makeup for school productions and any sort of English class. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with friends and family and taking lots of pictures.

Chloe Guy

Chloe Guy is a senior at Highlands High School. This is her first year taking this class. She decided to take journalism because she wanted to try something new and switch it up. She really likes to write stories about different things. She was never really into reading and writing but when it comes to something she is interested in she can write forever and ever. After high school Chloe plans on going to college somewhere out of state and hopes to go into nursing. School is really important to Chloe and she takes everything surrounding school seriously.

Mya Schwartz, Feature Copy-Editor

Mya has been in journalism for 3 years and she is now a senior in high school. She is a copy editor and her favorite thing about journalism is the freedom of getting to write about anything she desires. She works at Highland Country Club and her favorite tv show is Criminal Minds.

Ady Klosterman, Photo Assistant

Ady Klosterman is a freshman at Highlands High School. This is her first year of high school journalism, but her fourth year overall. She participated in journalism for two years at Johnson Elementary and again in her 8th grade year at the middle school. Ady used to write a lot of stories when she was younger. She would type them on a computer and print them. Even though they were just around 10 pages long, they were packed with details (and run-on sentences). While she enjoys writing, Ady's true interest is sports photography. She grew up in a household that loves sports, and you can guarantee the TV was turned on on game day. She spends a lot of her spare time at sporting events, most often on the sidelines taking pictures or yelling from the student section, and when she isn't at an event, she's usually catching up on something from the previous one or getting ready for the next one.