<p>Hi. I thought it might be fun to share some of the end of the year pranks/traditions/celebrations of the 2008 graduating high school seniors. </p>
<p>Rather than pull a senior prank, this year’s senior class came up with a different way to “celebrate” leaving their high school. They arrived at the school in the middle of the night, set up tents on the fields behind the school, and had a camp out. When the teachers and administrators arrived in the morning, all they could do was laugh at the kids who greeted them in their pajamas. The cafeteria workers appreciated the kids school spirit so much that they sent out bagels and juice for the kids. They actually went to their last day of school and when the dismissal bell rang, they carried out a tradition started years ago. They got into their cars, made a lap around the school honking like crazy, and then drove through the town honking to the community.</p>
<p>S2 graduated last Saturday. I think the class of '08 started a new tradition for graduation. This class produced the best athletic records this year of any class in sch. history…conference champs in multiple sports. They had the most school spirit ever. The school has always had a sort of “slogan” that the class of "08 turned into a full blown rally cry at all the sporting events. One kid stands and yells out the first words and the rest yell back a response.</p>
<p>So Saturday when the grad. was winding down and the Principal was getting to the "seniors turn your tassels’ part, a kid (who had always been one of the biggest fans at the games) jumped up from his chair and yelled out the cheer. In unison all 500 hundred kids stood and waved their arms over the heads and yelled the reply back 3 times. It was such a spontaneous and joyful thing…one final moment of class unity. The whole audience rose and applauded them. </p>
<p>I hope it will become a grad. tradtion for our sch. (which is only 7 years old and doesn’t have many tradtions to this point.)</p>
<p>Love the idea of the camp-out (camp-in?) What a great way to get everyone to just chill together. Grill some burgers, play some tunes, dance all night… plus if it’s on the school grounds mostly all the kids would know not to bring alcohol. Something similar happened at D’s school the night that the reserved senior parking permits came available… it was a fun campout that brought together band kids, football kids, cheerleaders, robotics team, etc.</p>