Loud music echoed through the Zeller Student Center Friday, Feb. 6, during the “starry night”-themed dance for the ninth and 10th grade social.
Tenth grade student council representative Sydney Lem (’28) said ninth and 10th grade Student Council members came together to decide the details of the event and the theme. Lem said the decision came down to a combination of opinions from students, Student Council representatives and the deans.
“We threw out a bunch of ideas and then picked out which would match the vibe of the dance,” Lem said. “Last year we did glow-in-the-dark, which is a little less formal … ‘Starry night’ was our favorite idea.”
Sophomore Jaya Srinivasan said she liked how people dressed according to theme. She said she enjoyed the food, drinks and dancing at the social.
“Everyone’s wearing navy or black with something shimmery to go with the theme, and it’s nice because everyone looks really pretty and well organized,” Srinivasan said. “Everyone’s coming together.”
Students were allowed to bring two guests each, with tickets being $10 per person. Clementine Oxman (’28), a guest who attends Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, said she enjoyed the food and people at the dance. She said she thinks events like this are important to form connections with new people.
“Honestly, everyone seemed pretty welcoming to me and everyone was really kind,” Oxman said. “As someone who’s from another school, I really enjoyed meeting a bunch of other kids who we also have a lot of mutuals with, because of the integration in other social events.”
Gigi Brazell (’28) said she liked the event because the ninth and 10th graders got to interact with each other more than they would during a typical school day.
“It’s pretty bonding with the ninth graders because I don’t really get to talk to them in any of my electives, so that’s pretty cool,” Brazell said. “I just love seeing everybody out and having fun.”
Vistamar School student Finn Keenan (’27) attended the event as a guest. He said he enjoyed seeing an all-girls school like Archer compared to his school’s community.
“It was really cool to see the environment of a different school than my own,” Keenan said. “I think it’s important to have these things because you can bring your outside-of-school friends with your inside-of-school friends, and that’s a nice connection.”
