Senior girls and their fathers gathered in Beaty conference room in Young Hall on Friday, Jan. 23, to celebrate their years in high school with a fun game night together. Senior grade chair, 12th grade girls chair, and English teacher Kendra Morris and 12th grade boys chair, modern and classical languages teacher Philip Hart planned and set up the event with the help of the senior class officers. This is an annual event to bring senior girls and their fathers together with their peers for a night of memories. The itinerary of the event varies from year to year, and this year a trivia and game night was chosen. The girls and their fathers participated in trivia and minute-to-win-it games such as cup stacking, building towers with spaghetti noodles and marshmallows, and wrapping streamers to “mummify” the dads.
Every year there are many events seniors can participate in, such as the pickleball tournament and the trivia night that are only for the students. However, there is always a mother-son, father-son, mother-daughter, and a father-daughter event for seniors to celebrate with their parents as well. Senior Rhiannon Clary said. “My dad and I will remember this event as a special and fun time that we got to spend together before I leave for college.” These events with the parents are sweet, fun, and sentimental. Hart said, “It is special because it is a mix of awesome community and special because it’s the last time they will all be here with their dads together.”
The father-daughter night began with catered Ippolito’s dinner for all who RSVP’d and light conversations at the tables. Then the games began with trivia, which had several rounds throughout the night. The first round of trivia was guessing the TV show based on its theme song. Morris and Hart played the beginning clips of songs from famous TV shows and teams had to guess what show it was from. The first game was cup stacking, and the goal was to stack cups as many times as possible in three minutes. Each team nominated one member to stack and unstack the cups repeatedly withing three minutes.
The second round of trivia was based on popular movies over several decades. Teams had to guess famous actors, movie posters, and other movie facts in order to gain points. Senior Madison Milam said, “My favorite game was answering all of the trivia questions. It was fun because we got almost every answer because collectively at least one person would know the answer, even if it was super random.” The second game was called “face the cookie.” The nominated members of each team began with a cookie on their forehead and had to move their face to get the cookie to their mouth, without using their hands.
The third round of trivia was about music across many genres and decades. Teams had to answer questions about popular artists, albums, tours, and more in this round of trivia. The third game played was a competition to make a tall tower out of nothing but marshmallows and raw spaghetti noodles. Milam said, “My dad really enjoyed the whole event, we were both laughing the whole time.”
The final round of trivia was about pop culture and famous figures. Senior Elizabeth Barrett said, “My favorite game was the trivia because some of it was older and things only the dads would know.” The next game was transporting skittles around a table with a straw. Teams chose members to use straws to move skittles from bowl on one side of the table to a bowl on the other side by sucking air and not letting the skittle fall while moving. The last challenge was to chose one of the dads at each table and use streamers, bandanas, and used game supplies to “mummify” them in the most creative way.
Overall, the event was an exciting and memorable night for both senior girls and their fathers. Morris said, “The levity of the event is fun. There are not many occasions when you get to play games like that with anyone really, but especially not with the dads.” Every year it could be different games, but regardless, the father-daughter senior event is not one to miss.
