Will You go to JSB with Us?

Mackenzie Jordan

Students everywhere on campus recognized the familiar sound of a lockdown drill alarm. Teachers halted in the middle of their lessons and quickly locked the classroom doors and turned out the lights as their students slid out of their chairs and did their best to squeeze under their desks. This was a task accomplished more easily for some than for others.

Students moved restlessly, trying to find the most comfortable way to fit all their limbs under their desks. After five minutes of silently staying crammed beneath the tables, another alarm resounded across the campus: the fire alarm.

Expecting nothing exciting to happen during this, all the grades assembled on the outdoor basketball court. Unbeknownst to them, the juniors had a surprise in store. After the assigned staff members confirmed that all were present the sound of a trumpet blasted through the air. Hannah Buhr (11) played the Star Wars theme song as several of her classmates rushed up the bleachers, holding brown sheets of paper.

Another familiar song floated through the air and then one by one the juniors flipped their papers around and shouted out the words written on them. “Class of 2016, will you go to JSB with us? Yes? or No?”

Smiling at this unexpected delight, the senior class responded with a loud “yes!” The juniors handed out official invitations and cookies. Distraught expressions crossed the faces of many as they realized that the race was now on to ask their desired date to the Junior Senior Banquet.