Prom is right around the corner for upperclassmen with the big night at Biltwell coming up in less than a month.

Ticket sales for Prom have begun, and students have seven days to buy tickets for themselves as well as one permitted guest.

“Ticket sales start right after Spring Break, they will be sold April 9, 10, 14, 16, and 17. To bring a guest, upperclassmen must pick up a guest form from the main office. Every upperclassmen is permitted one guest as long as they’re under 21 years old. They do not have to be a significant other,” Mrs. Iana Allen, Prom organizer, said.

The theme is The Great Gatbsy, and the venue is in Indianapolis.

“I started organizing Prom in 2020 so this is the sixth year. Every year so far has been different. There are always different themes, different venues, and obviously a different group of kids. My favorite thing about organizing Prom is interacting with the students on the Prom Committee, hearing their ideas, implementing their ideas, and seeing their visions become reality. My other favorite thing is the actual night where I see all the girls and guys dress up, the outcome of it all. We attempt to get a diversity in venues so students can travel outside the Greenwood area and experience downtown and new places. This year the venue is considerably larger than last year’s so we don’t have to worry about being limited in numbers,” Mrs. Allen said.

A committee of students are also dedicated to planning Prom.

“My favorite part of planning Prom has probably been getting to fix all of the small details no one really thinks about. Fundraising for next year’s Prom has been a big part of that, and we have had to get creative with different ideas for fundraising. In order to improve Prom, we have been looking at parts of Homecoming and Prom that students have not really liked and fixing them. Last year, students really did not like the DJ so this year we hired a new one. Prom is kind of like Homecoming, but it is more formal and held at a much nicer venue,” junior Bailey Windell said.

After Prom, the event students are lookin forward to is Post-Prom, which is typically held at King’s Island. The committee is facing problems, though.

“Planning Post-Prom has been difficult because of the availability of King’s Island. Post Prom was supposed to take place on April 25, but a company rented out the whole park for a day so it would not be open for us to go. We thought about changing the date to the weekend after Prom, but there were conflicting events, such as a boys volleyball and a baseball game on that Saturday. Sunday is also not ideal due to the Top 20 banquet as well as the administration worrying that students would skip school the next Monday. We have requested for Mr. Gasaway to send out a Post-Prom survey to all students, and the information we receive from that survey will dictate what we do with Post Prom,” Mrs. Carah Derloshon, Post-prom organizer, said.