Special Feature
City of Stars
Concordian Prom Night
Dim lights and bright smiles, loud music and even louder laughs; everyone looking to the future yet living in the moment.
On the night of May 25th, 2025, wearing our best outfits, we all gleamed and danced till midnight, and under the dark skies, we celebrated the end of our high school days. The realization that we will no longer be the avid testers of borderline rulebreaking, the only shoulder to cry on for one another, or the young troublemakers causing headaches to our lovely admins and teachers anymore hit us.
in the same room. We looked back on the moments we spent with each other, realizing how much we’ve grown and are soon going our separate ways.
This eventful night is one, I am sure, that we all won’t forget. So, to our wonderful teachers, thank you for being an impactful guide, an integral part of our education, and for attending this night together. To our helpful admins, especially P’Natty, thank you for helping us organize our Prom - this night would not have been possible without your support. To our lovely parents, thank Our prom was inspired by the movie La La Land, with the theme you for entrusting us to stay up late at night and patiently waiting of ‘City of Stars.’ Class of 2025, we all shone, and not just for us to come back home. Last but not least, to my cohort, whom tonight, but for all the years we grew up together. We grew to we all refer to as ‘our second family,’ words cannot express my endure hardships together, to build the confidence to become gratitude, yet thank you. Thank you for being the companions of our unique selves, and to lift each other’s heads to look at the my childhood and youth, and for being a significant contributor brighter future ahead of us. to my happiness and growth. There was an array of games arranged by the Prom Committee: As this night comes to an end, I recognize the plethora of Werewolf, Trivia, Charades, and Forbidden Words. Although we stories we’ve created, and saying goodbye to these amazing didn’t get to experience them all, we were happily swept by the people does mean saying goodbye to the memorable years endless photo-taking, jamming to the DJ with our stomachs full we’ve had together, but saying our goodbyes to our youth as we of Coke and Fanta, and cheering on our Korean Oppa dancing venture into our next chapters and to the vast world. This is not for the first time. This made me realize that we didn’t need a lot a goodbye to you all, but a welcome to adulthood - it is not a see to have fun—just each other. We ended the Prom with a shirt you never, but an until next time. signing, and it hit us that this might be the last night we’d all be Praew, Class of 2025
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