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Alyssa Herman
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Alumni Night

During basketball season at Tongue River High School, the basketball students and coaches would play their last game on the old gym. TRHS had been around for 50 years. Faculty and students wanted to make the last home game ever, the most memorable. FCCLA members put on an alumni night and invited all past students that attended TRHS. They decorated the school and gave out jackets. In-between varsity games they announced all the graduates and had them stand up. The varsity boy’s basketball team wore old jerseys in memory of all the graduates. The alumni night was a success and will always be remembered. We students are now in the new school, and the old school is being tore down. Past graduates and current students will always remember the old school because of the alumni night.
The FCCLA students put a lot of effort into making the alumni night a night to remember. They had months of planning the event and getting everything together. They were in charge of calling all the previous graduates and asking them to please join us at the last game in the gym. They created jackets to give to some of the alumni’s. The FCCLA students put the night together as a FCCLA project. The night was very well done and it was obvious everyone there enjoyed it.
In-between the boys and girls varsity games they asked everyone that graduated in certain years to please stand up. As people slowly stood up it was shocking how many people actually attended the event. People from each year were standing and the gym was packed with people. They gave the attendees their jackets and continued on with the night.

The night of the even was a big game for the varsity boys. They were playing Sundance and wanted to beat them more then anything. They had already qualified for regional so as a team they decided to give the audience and little surprise. They wore jerseys from previous years. They were "old school," as the team would say. They audience went crazy and you could tell it made an impact on them.
The alumni nigh was a very memorable night. For the past 50years of students and even the people didn't attend the high school. The new high school is now built and we have moved in. They are currently tearing the old school down, and soon there will be just a parking lot. Because of the alumni night that was one more memory that will allow people to never forget the old high school.