Irish dancing allows me to stay fit and exercise, but it also allows me to express my feelings through dancing.

In the years from 1946 to 2023, many things in the world have changed, but Prom at STA has been a constant throughout the decades.

“[At] STA as a school, the sisterhood is very strong, and it does last past your high school years and I don't think that is the way for kids at other schools,” Reintjes said. “Once kids go out of high school, they're like, ‘I don't want anything to do with high school,’ which is understandable. But at STA there's something there that makes kids want to do something with it. They want to come to the reunions and be involved.”

Technology’s ever changing presence in our everyday lives brings up many questions about its benefits, and subsequently how it can be effectively used in a classroom.

“I have learned that not everyone has had a fair chance. Some of the kids go through a lot of situations that a lot of us wouldn't even like imagining going through.”

      Walking through her boyfriend's apartment in Lawrence, Kansas, 2017 alumna Marin Brown stops short to pick up a picture frame—a throwback from her senior prom. Brown and her current boyfriend...

“When we would have meetings, there was a lot of laughter, a lot of kidding, a lot of jousting back and forth, except we really got it done,” Schilling said.

"It's really important for people to participate to understand that change is possible.”

“I want it to feel like a safe place where people can come get food, no matter if you have the money or not, just come to have somewhere to relax, enjoy yourself in a very friendly and family environment so that people feel loved.”