MHS prepares for After-Prom
Open house available to community members
Photo submitted by SUE WHITTAKER This photo from a previous Medina High School After-Prom shows how the school building is decorated for the juniors and seniors’ special occasion.
MEDINA – Medina High School seniors will dance the night away at this year’s school prom at Quaker Square in Akron the night of May 6, but juniors and seniors will have the chance to participate in many fun activities at this year’s After-Prom at the school building. Both events promise exciting festivities throughout the night. The theme of this year’s After-Prom is “Make Bee-lieveland.”
“It’s a way to give them something fun to do,” said After-Prom committee member Sue Whittaker, who is also the mother of a Medina High School senior.
Joy Rambo, another committee member and mother of another graduating senior, said the goal of the committee is to keep After-Prom as active and entertaining for the students as possible.
“We have airbrush tattoo artists, caricature artists and there’s always plenty of food,” she said.
Rambo added inflatables will also be available in the gymnasium and a game room will be open for the students to use, as well as various other activities.
But for two hours before the students arrive at the After-Prom, members of the Medina City Schools community will also be invited to the school to check out what the juniors and seniors will be doing. The school will be open to the public from 8 to 10 p.m., at which time community members can tour the building and see how the space is transformed for the night’s events.
Whittaker said the open house is a way for the community to see how their contributions have affected the After-Prom.
“It’s the community that contributes with the time and the money and the donations, so we want them to see the result of all that,” she said.
While more than 10 parents serve in the after-prom committee, more than 100 volunteers will be on site at the school May 6, checking students in, monitoring the student activities and providing food for the juniors and seniors.
Rambo explained the committee starts planning the After-Prom as early as September each school year and meets once a month. She said there are also various subcommittees handling individual aspects of the big night.
“It takes every bit of the nine months leading up to it,” she said. “When you talk about putting on an event for 550 to 600 kids, you have to work that long.”
Whittaker and Rambo said they hope all of the parents involved in this year’s After-Prom committee feel a sense of pride of their children’s school and enjoy the opportunity to offer this to the students.
“The ability to contribute to the After-Prom has been very fulfilling to me,” Whittaker said.
“It brings a lot of joy,” Rambo said. “I get a real charge of seeing them smile and having the time of their lives.”
The After-Prom will be open to Medina High School juniors and seniors May 6 from 11:30 p.m. to 3 a.m.
In the days leading up to the After-Prom, community members can still plan to volunteer and contribute to the event. A Sign-Up Genius link with the list of volunteers and open slots can be found online at mhsafterprom.webs.com/volunteer.
“It’s a way to give them something fun to do,” said After-Prom committee member Sue Whittaker, who is also the mother of a Medina High School senior.
Joy Rambo, another committee member and mother of another graduating senior, said the goal of the committee is to keep After-Prom as active and entertaining for the students as possible.
“We have airbrush tattoo artists, caricature artists and there’s always plenty of food,” she said.
Rambo added inflatables will also be available in the gymnasium and a game room will be open for the students to use, as well as various other activities.
But for two hours before the students arrive at the After-Prom, members of the Medina City Schools community will also be invited to the school to check out what the juniors and seniors will be doing. The school will be open to the public from 8 to 10 p.m., at which time community members can tour the building and see how the space is transformed for the night’s events.
Whittaker said the open house is a way for the community to see how their contributions have affected the After-Prom.
“It’s the community that contributes with the time and the money and the donations, so we want them to see the result of all that,” she said.
While more than 10 parents serve in the after-prom committee, more than 100 volunteers will be on site at the school May 6, checking students in, monitoring the student activities and providing food for the juniors and seniors.
Rambo explained the committee starts planning the After-Prom as early as September each school year and meets once a month. She said there are also various subcommittees handling individual aspects of the big night.
“It takes every bit of the nine months leading up to it,” she said. “When you talk about putting on an event for 550 to 600 kids, you have to work that long.”
Whittaker and Rambo said they hope all of the parents involved in this year’s After-Prom committee feel a sense of pride of their children’s school and enjoy the opportunity to offer this to the students.
“The ability to contribute to the After-Prom has been very fulfilling to me,” Whittaker said.
“It brings a lot of joy,” Rambo said. “I get a real charge of seeing them smile and having the time of their lives.”
The After-Prom will be open to Medina High School juniors and seniors May 6 from 11:30 p.m. to 3 a.m.
In the days leading up to the After-Prom, community members can still plan to volunteer and contribute to the event. A Sign-Up Genius link with the list of volunteers and open slots can be found online at mhsafterprom.webs.com/volunteer.