Junior-Senior Banquet
Bethany's charter school hosts a banquet every May
where the Junior class develops a theme
and then invites the Seniors and their parents for a night
of food and games.
This year Bethany is a Junior and her class picked "Peter Pan."
Months were spent deciding on costumes, decorations, food,
job assignments, games, parental assistance
and all the other details that go into hosting a party.
This is one of the decorations she made for the party.
She particularly enjoyed using Rudy's nail gun to attach the signs to the poles.
The big night finally came and she donned her pirate best.
Here she is with her favorite Indian.
Many many hours were spent decorating the basement venue.
There were games set up for the Seniors to participate in as they came down the
stairs: Walk the Plank (while having "cannon balls" thrown at them that they had to deflect with a wooden sword), Peter Pan Pictionary, Photo booths, Find the Shadow.
Dinner was served up by myself and another mom and consisted of:
marinated chicken breast, green beans, macaroni and cheese, and Parisian Salad.
Dessert was brownies and fresh strawberries.
Somewhere within the night a marshmallow food fight occurred and
I was informed that the parents were even more into it than the kids.
After dinner a slide show was shared that included pictures of each of the Seniors
through the years. That was followed by each of them standing up and verbally
expressing appreciation to their parents.
The night was hailed as a success and was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
One more event marked off the calendar of the Junior year
as another school year has continued to fly by.
