Students Against Combined Junior/Senior Prom at Redwood High School

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This petition addresses the administration committee at Redwood High School within the Tamalpais Union High School District, as well as all persons involved in, connected to, or associated with the annual event of the Junior Prom and Senior Ball that is hosted for Redwood students at varying locations. The majority of the student body of Redwood High School is strongly against the current proposed idea of combining these two traditional events, and we would like to bring to your attention the following points.

1. First, we would like to bring to your attention the existence of a current Facebook group. Facebook is a social networking website of which thousands of present and past Redwood students have created a profile on. The website allows its users to create groups for members with common interests. One such group is entitled "Petition Against Combined Junior/Senior Prom at Redwood". 143 Redwood students, comprised mostly of the classes of 2009 and 2010, belong to this group, and several have expressed their distaste at the combined prom idea.

2. Combining proms will create many technical difficulties that will cause far more problems then they solve. The current venue in place for Senior Prom will not hold over 400 students, plus an unknown amount of guests. There would have to be an unprecedented amount of chaperones, and the financial burden would increase due to the raised costs of venue rental at this late point in time, as well as on the students as the normal transportation to the proms (limos, party buses) will be twice as difficult to book.

3. Combining proms, especially in such a large school, will contradict the traditional values associated with the dance. The 'junior prom' is titled so after the late 19th century promenade balls. The 'senior ball' is titled so due to the association with graduation ball. The tradition of prom, in some form or another, has lasted since 1811 and it would be disgraceful to disrupt this tradition now, specifically at Redwood.

4. If the junior prom and senior ball are combined, it is highly likely the prestige of prom will be slackened. The junior prom has always been considered less formal than the senior prom. Combining them will rob the class of 2009 of their formal pre-graduation tradition- making prom less special.

We plead of the administration to consider our concerns, and deep resentment, against the idea of combined proms. Thank you for your time.

160 Signatures

  • Allie Tishgart
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Rachel Thompson
    • Comments
    • it just doesnt make sense to throw it on us so late in the game.. maybe if they had warned us last year, we'd be ok with it. but its sooo late. and students werent even there at the meeting that it was decided at..
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Amy Bettencourt
    • Comments
    • i dont think they should be able to do this with out hearing from all the students! ugh!!!! whatever
    • Class Year
    • 09
  • Ann Schulte
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Nika Simovich
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Tally Buckstaff
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Ryan Russell
    • Comments
    • Administration, with all due respect,, you are unable to change the habits and lives of all your students. I commend you for trying to make everything safer, but the be-all end-all is that if someone wants to do something against your wishes, they're going to do it. Attacking the problem like this makes more people angry than it does solve a problem.
    • Class Year
    • 2008 (Though I'll be back for the senior ball next year!)
  • Peter Kissin
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Spencer Shubert
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • andrew chin
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Freddy Dopfel
    • Comments
    • combining them is a dumb idea
    • Class Year
    • 2008
  • Nicole Massoumi
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Lisa Roth
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Natalie Wong
    • Comments
    • It's been seperate for a very long time. I think it's only just that as a graduating class, Seniors should get to go to prom without a non-graduating class attending.
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Kayla Monetta
    • Comments
    • it is ridiculous to combine junior and senior proms this year. the admin didnt even take into consideration what their students want. if theyyre worried about problems and safety at prom- more people increases the risks of something bad happening.
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Mathew Margolis
    • Comments
    • seperate or none
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Devon Mahoney
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Olivia Ravasio
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Claire Grebenstein
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Aly Hammonds
    • Comments
    • This is upsetting for both classes, everyone enjoys having seperate proms and combining them would truly detract from the prom experience.
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Nikolai von Glasenapp
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Laylee Banie
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • jonathon Meyer
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Omid Moayedi
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Eric Tymstra
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Samantha Gayner
    • Comments
    • The separation of the two events has long been accepted. Juniors have an opportunity to experience their first prom while seniors are able to spend their last event before graduation together. The infliction of the Juniors on the Senior Ball event would not be appropriate for the senior class.
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Elise Etcheverry
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Colleen Bidwill
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Victoria Brown
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • lindy larson
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Alana Sunseri
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Shelby McClure
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Katie Jackson
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Gabriel Shlager
    • Class Year
    • 2011
  • Molly Lehman
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Carrie Cella
    • Class Year
    • 2011
  • Kimia Mahallati
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Deborah Roth
    • Comments
    • there are going to be too many people crammed in a small space, and no one will have as much fun. it would be better to have to serperate dances to let the seniors have their special moment and let the juniors have theirs
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • monet elrod
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Julian Aceves
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Jackie Gannon
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Phoebe Stanton
    • Class Year
    • 2011
  • Tony
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • Stephanie Griffin
    • Class Year
    • 2011
  • Rebecca Pearlstein
    • Comments
    • Its our last year and I agree some younger classman come to the senior prom anyway but we won't see each other until our reunion and with their being so many people at the combined prom, it will be too hectic and even MORE DRAMA then before. So please this is a night for the seniors not really for majority of redwood high school
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Sophia Hussain
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Gigi Greene
    • Comments
    • Senior Ball is meant for Seniors. It would be unfair to change that.
    • Class Year
    • 2010
  • James Davoren
    • Comments
    • Even my parents hate this idea. DO NOT mess up my Senior Prom.
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Emily Margolin
    • Class Year
    • 2009
  • Lauren Frazier
    • Class Year
    • 2010