On February 18, the National Honors Society (NHS) hosted their annual winter dance with the goal of raising money for senior scholarships. 

A lot of work goes into the dance from many different parties. From janitorial staff, students in NHS and staff at the school, the behind the scenes action is busy and plentiful.

When planning an event of this magnitude, there are many components that must come together in order for the event to be successful. According to Paul Fisher, the NHS adviser, most of the planning falls on the students. 

“I help coordinate with staff members, principals, custodians and chaperones. Otherwise, the kids are pretty much planning everything,” Fisher said. 

To secure a spot in the gym, planning must begin early to accommodate basketball games, wrestling tournaments and other events the school may be hosting over the weekend. After the main details, such as a date and chaperones have been settled, smaller pieces of the puzzle can start to come together. Senior Annabelle Yost, the fundraising chair for NHS at Revere, took on much of the organizing and planning, overseeing a lot of the minor details.

“These last couple weeks, we had to make decorations for the dance, we had to pick the theme, we had to figure out what we are going to do for water, how much we want to make the tickets and when we want to sell the tickets,” Yost said. 

NHS president Senior Abby DiSalvo was also a large contributor when it came to organizing and leading the club. She took part in the dance set up by volunteering her time wherever she was needed.

“We had to come up with some ideas for the theme, and then presented them to the rest of the group and everybody voted and that’s how we got the enchanted forest theme. And then we worked with the art club to create the decorations, and then before the dance, everyone came to help set it up, and at the end we just tore everything down,” DiSalvo said.

The money raised from the dance has a few purposes but the foremost is to pay for seniors scholarships. These scholarships go to seniors who are a part of NHS and have applied to the program. According to Fisher, some of the money is also given to local charities and the rest is used to pay for the dance. This could include the DJ, chaperones and decoration costs. 

In the end NHS sold over 200 tickets purchased grossing over $3,000 for NHS senior scholarships.

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