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Putting the pieces together for one of the ing sessions and magazine browsing.
most quintessential memories of a high The pressure from prom's "perfect night"
school experience, prom is understandably reputation weighed down heavily on the
daunting. Pulling it off under a surprise time shoulders of JCB during the process.
restraint , however, posed an entirely new "It had to be special since seniors look for-
challenge. ward to it, " junior Greg Decker said . "It's go-
The responsibility was Junior Class ing to be their best memory of high school."
Board's , supervised by social studies teacher Decker's priority on the board was to create
Matt Wood. playlists. Juniors split into committee groups
JCB had a month less than expected to for specific duties, like invitations or decora-
prepare because the venue was not avail- tions.
able at the end of May like past years, but at The time crunch caused a few bumps for the
the end of March. determined juniors along the way to a spec-
"With the time crunch, we didn't have the tacular prom, but the strenuous hours of effort
leisure to leave decisions up in the air," junior were justified in the end.
Jordan Pollock said. "We had to make "It's a cool thing to be a part of," Pollock said.
things happen, and happen promptly." "To be able to walk in and say 'I helped with
Planning began in January with brainstorm- this prom'-it's an awesome feeling."
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