School prepares for upcoming Senior Celebration

Rachel Calabuig | Reporter

This year’s Senior Celebration will be held on Thursday, May 25 from 2-6 p.m. at PINSTACK located in Austin. Registration for it will be open after spring break by placing a $10 deposit to reserve a spot in addition to purchasing a ticket to get an accurate amount of how many seniors will be attending on the Senior Celebration’s website: www. hawks-senior-celebration.com.

“Senior celebration is a drug and alcohol free event for all Hendrickson graduating seniors,” Senior Celebration Committe member and parent Marcy Jelinek said. “Every graduate is invited and encouraged to attend this all inclusive event to give the HHS seniors a safe place to celebrate their accomplishments with their friends and classmates and enjoy a variety of entertainment, food and prizes on their last day of school.”

Jelinek is a member of the volunteer committe made up of six moms of seniors that coordinate fund raisers all year long to pull together the funds needed for the party and the raffle prizes given to the winners at the raffle drawings. The committee has records that Senior Celebration (aka Project Graduation) has been held every year since 2016.

“In addition, throughout the event we will be raffling off thousands of dollars in prizes for the seniors,” Jelinek said.

“[The] fantastic raffle prizes [will include] laptop computers, TVs, gift cards, earbuds, headphones, speakers, dorm room essentials and so much more.”

The committee wants as many of the seniors there at the Senior Celebration.

“We will have unlimited access to bowling, bumper cars, laser tag, ropes course, unlimited video games and the rock climbing wall,” Jelinek said. We will give each senior a player card worth 40 points [to be able to have access to these activities]. We’ll have a variety of pizzas, mozzarella sticks, multiple dessert options and unlimited soda options.

In order for the event to be successful, the target amount between $35,000$45,000 must be raised through the committee hosting events such as low cost pet vaccinations clinics, Round Rock Donut delivery days, the Homecoming dance, various spirit nights at local restaurants and the very first car show.

“We also want our seniors and their families to get involved through volunteering at these events,” Jelinek said. “Every hour that a senior or their family member volunteers, earns the senior a ticket to enter at the end of year event raffle drawings [and increases their chances of winning].”