Senior Stewart Gruen’s wallet was stolen along with $70. “I talked to the school and they said they will keep their eyes open to help me find it, but it was my fault that I left it exposed to get robbed,” said Gruen.
     To a lot of the students at prom the theft of other people’s possessions was surprising, but to others it was expected.
Another victim of the theft at prom was senior Nidhi Dhir. Nidhi’s clutch purse was stolen, including her phone, camera, lip gloss and $20. “I was extremely upset when it first got stolen,” said Dhir. “It’s really sad that how everyone has a phone and a camera, yet people still steal.
     “The school didn’t do much, besides looked on the boat after prom was over and they told me to call the boat company, but they didn’t have it. In the end, I deactivated my phone. I didn’t ask the school for help because I knew I wasn’t going to get it back.”
     “It wasn’t shocking to me. I almost knew that this was going to happen due to the history of the thefts over the past school year,” said assistant principal Kim Stiffler.  “It’s just disappointing that seniors are stealing from each other. It’s sad.”
     Couples and friends sat at tables for dinner, which included string beans, pasta, mixed rice, and chicken with some kind of mystery sauce. There were many different views of the food that night.
     “The food could have been better,” said junior Jordan Bolli-Thompson. “I didn’t want to eat none of that chicken. They could have done better.”
     “How do you mix mystery sauce with chicken and grapes?” asked senior Gabriel Bram.
     Senior president Tess Rockers the food was okay as she ate the salad and the string beans.
     The prom yacht consisted of four stories of fun. Along with dinner tables, the first story included large TV screens, sit back sofas, and poker game tables. The second level was full of dinner tables. The third story was another eating area as well as the dance floor and a bar. The fourth and last story was the upper deck of the yacht which was a space for students to enjoy the great views of the bay.
     A lot of people agreed that the setting of prom was romantic but would prefer not to have it on a yacht again. The rocking of the boat made people dizzy and nauseous and some people sat down the whole time instead of dancing and enjoying themselves.
     “We shouldn’t have had prom on a boat because people were getting seasick,” said senior Cat Pastohuv.
     Tam’s DJ rocked the boat from beginning to end playing some of today’s latest music. He played a variety of rap, R&B, and techno. Senior Marquice Clay said, “I had dance fever and the DJ kept me dancing the whole time.” Other students were disappointed.
     “The DJ could have played newer music,” said senior Nick Speilberg. “He played a lot of old music. I mean it was okay, but I was expecting better.”
     At the end of the night everyone returned home safely.  According to Tam senior Tess Rockers, there was a record amount of students who attended prom. Tam students enjoyed the night over the bay and some wish that night would have never ended.  Senior Jack Hogan enjoyed prom as he yelled, “No other school does like we do and puts on a show, T-High you know!”

This article originally appeared in the June 2010 issue.

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