McKayla Kirby Executes DCC Prom Walk Through
By Sydney Hoffman on April 1, 2019
For McKayla Kirby’s senior experience, she organized for the senior girls that were available to dress up in their prom dresses to do a walk through at the nursing home Tuesday, March 26 at 2:10 p.m. After the walk through, the senior boys and girls helped pass out snacks and coffee before bingo, or the “after prom.”
“I chose this as my senior experience because I work at the Diamond Care Center in the activities department, and I know how happy it makes the residents when high school students come to visit, especially if it’s to look at prom dresses,” Kirby said. “Some students who work there will come in on prom before the grand march for the residents to see them, but this hasn’t been done in a while, so I wanted to organize a day in which the residents could enjoy multiple dresses at one time as well as play their favorite game: bingo.”
To decorate for the event, McKayla used decorations from past proms at B-E. With the decorations utilized, the nursing home’s prom theme was declared as Paris. Red and white table cloths covered the tables while little Eiffel towers were used as the centerpieces. Fake rose petals also scattered the middle of the tables for extra ambience.
As the residents piled into the dining room, the senior girls arrived in their prom dresses and gathered in the back room. As the girls walked through a path in the dining room for viewing, senior Darby Hurd played the piano. After walking through twice, the senior class helped pass out cookies and coffee to the residents. They also helped pass out bingo cards. Extra cupcakes were also made by the DCC kitchen for the senior class visitors.
“When I used to work at the nursing home, I used to play piano randomly, and I know the residents really enjoyed it, so I was happy to contribute to McKayla’s senior experience by helping to make the mood festive and lively,” Hurd said.
Bingo began at 2:30 p.m., and the senior class stayed to sit and help the residents with the game while McKayla called the numbers. Each bingo was worth two quarters or pieces of candy, and the final blackout was worth a full dollar. At the DCC, a bingo can be one of the following: five spaces in a row vertically, horizontally or diagonally; a postage stamp or four corners.
McKayla’s senior experience will be presented and open to the public during the senior expo Monday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. This is a practice for the senior experience jury day Wednesday, April 17
“I chose this as my senior experience because I work at the Diamond Care Center in the activities department, and I know how happy it makes the residents when high school students come to visit, especially if it’s to look at prom dresses,” Kirby said. “Some students who work there will come in on prom before the grand march for the residents to see them, but this hasn’t been done in a while, so I wanted to organize a day in which the residents could enjoy multiple dresses at one time as well as play their favorite game: bingo.”
To decorate for the event, McKayla used decorations from past proms at B-E. With the decorations utilized, the nursing home’s prom theme was declared as Paris. Red and white table cloths covered the tables while little Eiffel towers were used as the centerpieces. Fake rose petals also scattered the middle of the tables for extra ambience.
As the residents piled into the dining room, the senior girls arrived in their prom dresses and gathered in the back room. As the girls walked through a path in the dining room for viewing, senior Darby Hurd played the piano. After walking through twice, the senior class helped pass out cookies and coffee to the residents. They also helped pass out bingo cards. Extra cupcakes were also made by the DCC kitchen for the senior class visitors.
“When I used to work at the nursing home, I used to play piano randomly, and I know the residents really enjoyed it, so I was happy to contribute to McKayla’s senior experience by helping to make the mood festive and lively,” Hurd said.
Bingo began at 2:30 p.m., and the senior class stayed to sit and help the residents with the game while McKayla called the numbers. Each bingo was worth two quarters or pieces of candy, and the final blackout was worth a full dollar. At the DCC, a bingo can be one of the following: five spaces in a row vertically, horizontally or diagonally; a postage stamp or four corners.
McKayla’s senior experience will be presented and open to the public during the senior expo Monday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. This is a practice for the senior experience jury day Wednesday, April 17
