Wednesday, May 16, 2018

DECISION DAY POTLUCK

By GABRIELLA MARKGJONAJ

GABRIELLA MARKGJONAJ FOR THE WIZARD WEEKLY
As the end of the year approaches, seniors are faced with many difficult decisions, including where they will be spending their next four years of their lives.  On May 1st, also known as decision day, high school students across the country were frantically sending in deposits to secure a spot at the college of their dreams while others were making the decision to enter the work force, join the military or even travel the world. Here at Washingtonville High School, the Class of 2018 held the second annual Potluck Dinner to help alleviate some of the stresses of the day.

For some the notion of making decisions about their future can be a difficult one.  Some wait until the last second while others have known their choice since the moment they opened a special acceptance letter. To honor the wonderful day, the class of 2018’s advisors and officers organized this potluck dinner for the seniors to kick of the final months of high school.  This event actually originated last year by the 2017 advisors, Mrs. Connolly and Mr. Clough.  This year Mrs. Lynch and Ms. Held wanted to continue the tradition.

After school on Tuesday the class advisors and officers stayed late to set up tables, a buffet and karaoke.   All the students contributed food or drinks for the event; there was a wide variety of foods from appetizers to desserts.  The food options were endless from pizza and pasta to Mrs. Connolly’s award winning chili.

Students and teachers took advantage of the karaoke machine, singing fan favorite songs such as, Sweet Caroline and Uptown Funk.  Tarek Abu-Zeid was eager to get up and sing one of his favorite songs in front of classmates stating, “It was a ton of fun to get up there with one of my best friends and get the rest of the kids singing along and getting the night started!”

The fun didn't stop there; many of the graduating seniors made their way over to Taft to relive their elementary school days, going on the slides, swinging on the swings and climbing on the monkey bars.  Anna Bonventre was one of these students.  She exclaimed, “It was great to see everyone having so much fun pretending they were in elementary school again instead of thinking about graduating in less than two months.”

It was apparent that the dinner was a huge success and, hopefully, a tradition that will continue in the years to follow. 


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