On Satur­day May 22^nd, Justice High School held their annual prom. Due to the state of the pandemic, prom was cancelled last year. Although the pandemic is still affect­ing us, Justice figured out a way to still hold the dance. 

This year’s prom defi­nitely differed from ones in the past. It was only avail­able to Justice seniors and was held in two sessions rather than just one in order to follow CDC guide­lines. “We had new guide­lines to follow, more plan­ning to do, and less time to do it in,” said Assis­tant Prin­ci­pal Colleen Lally. The event took place outdoors, in the Justice High School park­ing lot.

Despite the differ­ences, when look­ing back at previ­ous years you can see plenty of simi­lar­i­ties. “We still had a live DJ, creat­ing a setting that was very formal, and gained student input and choice in the theme,” said Lally.

Addi­tion­ally, there was a photo booth to ensure that students would still be able to capture the moment. “I really liked the photo booth; it was super fun to take some with my friends. And they turned out really good,” said senior River Rupert.

Rupert had also mentioned how nice it was to see so many famil­iar faces again, “We haven’t been able to see each other at school this year. Seeing every­one come together was great!”

The event wasn’t confirmed to happen until April, giving staff only one month to plan and prepare. Almost all the phys­i­cal setup was completed by Justice staff as opposed to it being done at a differ­ent venue. Lally relays how lucky she felt to be work­ing with these fellow staff members, “It was quite beau­ti­ful to be a part of that team and see the passion and heart of these staff members, espe­cially during this already unique school year.”

From both students and teach­ers alike, senior prom this year was a huge hit! Great thanks to Ms. Lipsey, Ms. Duggan, and Mrs. Patter­son for making this prom happen, and being able to arrange this in such a short period of time. Further thanks to Mrs. Eck for her support of this event, and to the Class of 2021 spon­sors, Ms. Parkins and Ms. McIn­tosh, for their contin­u­ous support of our seniors with both grad­u­a­tion and prom.