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Senior Prom at Belmont Village

By Jordan Magaziner Steinfeld, Staff writer | April 12, 2016

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St. John’s students pulled off the perfect promposal surprise, which included signs formally asking the Belmont residents to prom. (Back row, from left) Howard Weinberg, Isabelle Draper, Megan Shen, Julia Boyce, Marie Gerety; (seated, from left) Bill Baum, Sam Frank, Howard DeVinney, Hollis Waldt; (on floor) Sandi Bhatia. (Photo: Daniel McQuade Photography)

St. John’s School seniors recently hosted a prom for the seniors at Belmont Village West University for their class project. More than 30 St. John’s seniors and nearly all of the Belmont residents donned their finest attire for an evening of socializing and bonding over new and old prom traditions.

St. John’s student Joseph Hanson dipping Sandi Bhatia (center). (On left) Matthew Brown dancing with Nancy Peterson and (on right) Lucy Elkins and Caroline Sasser enjoying the prom. (Photo: Daniel McQuade Photography)

The student volunteers spent months prepping for the prom - planning the perfect promposal, handling the decorations, booking live entertainment and setting up a photo booth – to make the evening unforgettable.

Belmont Queen and King (from left) Helen Copeland and Hollis Waldt, smiling from ear to ear. (Photo: Daniel McQuade Photography)

The St. John’s students also awarded some superlatives including Belmont Clown Award, I Have Succeeded Award, Best Storyteller Award, Best Smile Award and, of course, Belmont King and Queen.

St. John’s students dancing with Belmont resident Nancy Peterson (center). (From left) Kara Wollmers, Maya Bhandari, Nancy Peterson, Grace Firestone and Matthew Brown. (Photo: Daniel McQuade Photography)

For more on creative promposals, see Andria Frankfort’s Big-deal Promposals. Share your promposal stories and prom photos with us by tagging us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, or emailing us at [email protected].