Prom is a right of passage for teenagers.
Running a high school prom can be a stressful undertaking with a lot of responsibilities. You have to abide by the regulations of the school, and often times, the preferences of the principal while taking into account the opinion of the students. You also have to consider budget restrictions while planning and security during the event. Taking on these responsibilities strategically will help you run a prom that the students will enjoy and remember for decades to come. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Assemble your team. Choose a student from the student government to head a student committee and gather a group of parent and teacher volunteers to assist you in this endeavor.
2. Develop a budget. Talk to the principal about the budget for the prom and then use that number to determine what can be spent on decorations, food and entertainment. This will also determine how much each ticket to the prom will cost.
3. Choose a theme. Put your student committee to work deciding on a theme that will please the student body as a whole. Once you have that theme, you can brainstorm decorations and begin making or ordering them, if the budget allows.
4. Choose a DJ or music provider for the entertainment. Select a catering company for the food or, if the budget does not allow for catering, talk to your parent and teacher committee about putting together a sign-up for parents to contribute food and drinks for the prom.
5. Verify all the vendors are in place and make sure you have at least one chaperone per 10 students for the night of the prom. Set up a check-in table where a volunteer will take tickets and check identification so that all the people entering are the people who are supposed to be at the event.
Tags: parent teacher, student committee