Grad Committee Insights
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With students back in school full-time, Eric Hamber’s graduating class remains hopeful that they will experience an eventful and fulfilling senior year. Most excited about these circumstances is the 2021-2022 Graduation Committee, composed of Dean Rohman (12), Élise Roy (12), Nina Louis (12), Rachel Dong (12), Hazara Sandhu (12), and Tarini Talreja (12). This group of students coordinates all events pertaining to the class of 2022, setting the tone for their final year in high school.
The committee began operations promptly, inviting graduates to gather and watch the final sunset of summer break at the beginning of September. They have since organized Hamber Seniors’ annual pumpkin carving competition, hosted grad karaoke, and have started organizing graduation hoodie sales. These are only a few of the many initiatives that the committee hopes to bring to the class of 2022. Graduates can look forward to flaunting their best formal-wear on GQ day, occurring in the spring, and prepare to participate in grad-exclusive spirit weeks.
The annual Prom dinner-dance is one of the most highly-anticipated senior events at Eric Hamber. Graduates have been wishing for its return after two years of its cancellation due to COVID. Fortunately, this wish will likely be granted for the class of 2022. “We are 95 per cent sure that we’re going to have a prom, so that’s some pretty big news,” announced Hamber’s Grad Chair, Dean Rohman (12).
Despite being held late in the spring, Grad Committee has already begun planning the logistics of this grand event. “We kind-of have our venue set, and we don’t really want to disclose it because we want it to be a surprise, but it’s a very, very good venue,” Rohman revealed, “We’re figuring out the pricing, because we know that a lot of people might not be able to pay for an extremely expensive ticket, [but] prom is going to happen.”
Alongside Prom, the committee is responsible for organizing a memorable graduation ceremony. The event has been altered in the previous two years following COVID restrictions, incorporating both virtual and socially-distant in-person elements. As it occurs at the end of June, it is currently difficult to predict what the parting-event will look like for the Class of 2022. “We haven’t gotten that far into planning it, but, given the fact that we’re going to be able to do a Prom, hopefully we’ll be able to have a graduation ceremony [of the] same grandeur,” expressed Rohman.
With the two largest graduation events likely returning this school year, the importance of the Grad Committee’s fundraising efforts have been amplified. “It’s really important to be part of the fundraising, because if we don’t have enough money, then we won’t be able to have events. That means we might not be able to have a prom.” Grad Committee member, Tarini Talreja (12) stressed “we want a lot of people to buy [grad hoodies]. It’s our main source of [funding].”
The Grad Committee has emphasized the cruciality of graduates’ participation in their activities. Not only do they anticipate it will enhance students’ senior-year experiences, but their monetary contributions will help to fund the two most important grad events of the year: the Prom dinner-dance and the graduation ceremony.