Bright Lights…Big
City
Prom 2009
Lake Forest High School
May 16, 2009
Marriott Chicago Downtown
Magnificent Mile
Grand Ballroom
540 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
Transportation:
All students are required to take the coach bus to and from
the Prom.
Students must be at LFHS Raymond Moore Auditorium at 5:30
pm to
check-in prior to boarding the buses.
The “Safe Prom
Buses” will leave LFHS at 6:00 p.m.
Ticket
Sales:
Prom tickets will be sold on
coming soon! Only
LFHS juniors and seniors may purchase tickets; underclassmen
may attend if invited by upperclassmen. Singles are encouraged
to attend. Non-LFHS attendees must complete an authorization
form for approval by the Dean’s Office
prior to purchasing tickets.
Prom tickets cost $coming soon! Checks
should be made payable to “LFHS Prom.” A table
request form will be in the invitation mailed to homes,
for more details. At the time of ticket purchase, every
attendee will receive a souvenir t-shirt.
Prom
Court
Nominations:
Nominations will take place on coming
soon! ,
during junior English classes. Each junior may nominate three
males for “King” and
three females for “Queen.” Only juniors may
vote and nominees must be members of the junior class.
Final Ballot:
All juniors will vote for a King and Queen on(coming
soon!) from
the final slate of nominees presented at
voting. Voting will be conducted during junior English classes. This election
will
also decide the ten members of the Prom Court.
Prom Court Announcement:
The Prom Court will be posted/announced on
(coming soon!) . This year’s
King and Queen will be crowned during the
Prom.
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LFHS students began taking coach buses downtown in early
1980’s.
Getting students on the buses has turned into an "event" in
past 10 years (around 1998), including some of the following:
- • An actual red carpet was put down in 2005
• shelter prom-goers with umbrellas in case of rain
• There are different themes each year, decorated
accordingly from LFHS front doors to the actual venue
• Nearly 800 students attend the prom
and parents, community members, faculty and families all
watch the prom promenade from bleachers which are set up
on the front lawn
• Prom has been covered by local television station;
we also now make a DVD available for purchase for students
Project Safe Prom, introduced in 2002, focuses on raising
funds to support the use of bus transportation to and from
Prom. Not only current Lake Forest parents, but
also alumni parents and community members, have demonstrated
an impressive commitment to keeping our students safe. Additionally,
students from the junior class raise funds for this purpose. Our "red
carpet parade" is an even greater source of pride because
it is connected to a larger tradition of valuing our students
and appreciating our community.
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