Silverado, K-Park students host ‘senior’ prom

By JENNIFER SUMMER
KINGWOOD OBSERVER
Updated: 03.29.09
The roaring 1920s style music will play through Silverado Senior Living as residents and high school students decked out in their best dresses and suits dance into the evening hours.

As a service project for Kingwood Park High School’s National Honor Society, the group has organized a “senior” prom for residents April 3.

“I first heard about this idea from one of our teachers and that is when we decided this would be a great service project for our club and we would enjoy spending time with the residents,” Joanie Wan, one of the organizers from NHS, said.

The students approached Silverado Senior Living about the idea and the administrators were thrilled by the idea.

Members of NHS are planning to put on their prom dresses and suits and the Silverado residents will wear their best outfits for a fun evening.

There will be refreshments and snacks and the prom attendees will be entertained by live music.

“We are very excited about the ‘senior’ prom because it will give us a chance to spend time with residents since some of them do not have that many visitors,” Wan said. “We developed the idea since we were incidentally reading ‘The Great Gatsby,’ so it seemed like a great idea and theme for our prom.”

The students will arrive the day before the prom to decorate and get everything set up for the event.

Several Kingwood Park High School students have spent the past year volunteering at Silverado Senior Living and enjoy the chance to give back to the residents.

“This should be a fun event for everyone including the residents and NHS members. We get the chance to travel back in time and enjoy a fun time period,” Wan said.