2015 Mt. Greylock After Prom Committee • 228 Main St. #417 • Williamstown, MA 01267 • GreylockAfterProm.com Dear Class of 2015 and Parents/Guardians: Congratulations – Graduation is almost here, and all your hard work is about to pay off! The next few weeks will be a flurry of final papers, final exams, but also lots of fun final celebrations with teams, clubs and classes. Enclosed is information about many activities for the seniors from now until Graduation. The senior newsletter provides information on when yearbooks are distributed, information about the Senior Picnic, the Class Trip, Class Day, and Graduation. There is a lot included in this packet, so please take a moment to go through it and return the appropriate forms by the designated deadlines. The After Prom Committee has been hard at work planning a fun-‐filled, free night of activities that the class will share together, and we hope it will stand out in Senior Week memories. The After Prom 2015 is an All-‐Night Party which will take place at Mt. Greylock Bowl in North Adams, MA on Monday, June 1, 11:30 PM to June 2, 6:00 AM, immediately following the Senior Prom at Berkshire Hills Country Club in Pittsfield, MA. All seniors attending the Prom and their guests are invited to attend the After Prom at no cost. Bus transportation is mandatory to everyone attending. No students will be allowed to arrive in their own transportation, or attend unless they have attended the prom. In the morning, buses will travel to either the Lanesboro Elementary School or Mt. Greylock Regional High School. Please give thought to where you will be dropped off. Enclosed in this packet is a form to provide emergency contact information and your bus selection. If your guest is also a senior, their contact information is NOT NEEDED on your form. All forms need to be submitted to PJ Pannesco by May 22nd. As the After Prom is an ALL-‐NIGHT event and students are expected to attend the entire event, one should consider this timeframe carefully. Exceptions are only made for a medical emergency or when a team is competing in tournament competitions on June 2. If students are not attending the After Prom, they need to be picked up from Berkshire Hills Country Club at 11:00 pm or Greylock Bowl & Golf by 11:30 pm. (If they are going to Greylock Bowl, the contact form will need to be filled out.) Chaperones: Greylock Bowl personnel will be present during the entire event, but we also will have adult chaperones throughout the event. It is a great night, but takes a great deal of coordination. We need volunteers, so please contact [email protected] if you are interested. Volunteers can work the entire night, or take a shorter shift. Clothing and Valuables: Student’s backpacks will be collected at Berkshire Hills Country Club and will be transported to Greylock Bowl by a chaperone. Students will change at Greylock Bowl into casual, comfortable clothes. There is a Men’s and Women’s locker room for changing and to keep your formal clothes in. If anyone has valuable items that need safekeeping during After Prom, you may give them to a representative of the After Prom Committee when you check in at Greylock Bowl for safekeeping. What to bring: Bring comfortable clothes and a bag of some sort to hold all of your personal things, including prom dresses and tuxedos. Please DO NOT include food or drink, or tobacco products in these bags! As you know, this is an alcohol, tobacco and substance-‐free event. Anyone found violating this rule will be asked to leave and will need to be picked up by the person listed on their emergency contact form. What if I get tired? We have been planning a fun All-‐NIGHT party, and will have a designated area for those who would like to rest. Only in extenuating circumstances will you be allowed to leave before the buses leave. In that case, we will contact ONLY the person listed on your Emergency Contact Form, and they must come into the building and sign a release form before you can leave. You cannot be picked up by anyone else – not even your date’s emergency contact. What kind of fun will take place? After the students have changed into comfortable clothes and had a quick midnight snack, the night will kick off with the infamous Frank Santos Hypnotist show. He has been a favorite of Greylock After Proms for many years. We will then have casino games, personalized casino chips, disco bowling, corn hole, closest-‐to-‐
the-‐pin golf, Just Dance!, karaoke, massage therapists, an airbrush tattoo artist, card tricks, games and more! There will be plenty of food and soft drinks/water throughout the night! We will have breakfast and end the event awarding raffle prizes before loading buses. We are excited for this night, and know that the seniors and their guests will have a great time! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or check out the website: greylockafterprom.com for more information. For Graduation, we will also be selling flower bouquets to families. You can pre-‐order a bouquet for $10 which can be picked up right at Graduation. To order your flowers, please send an email to [email protected] with your name, your student’s name and how many orders you would like. Checks can be made payable to Mt. Greylock After Prom, and sent to 228 Main St. #417, Williamstown, MA 01267. We hope that this packet of information has answered some questions that you may have had about what to expect with Senior Week. We will also post it on the greylockafterprom.com site in case you misplace any forms. The Senior Newsletter shares all the dates and times of senior events, and will be a handy reference for all seniors and their families. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions. All the best! Elinor Goodwin, Chair