At the beginning of this school year, Schreiber’s Student Council sent out a Google Form survey, asking the student body whether or not they’d be interested in attending a school dance, such as a homecoming or winter formal.  Just a few weeks later, Schreiber’s Winter Formal was announced. 

It was set to take place in the Schreiber cafeteria on Feb. 2, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., and would be open to all Schreiber students.  Unfortunately, the day before the dance, the Student Council posted on their Instagram page to tell their followers that the dance would be canceled due to low ticket sales. 

Why did this idea fail?  And what can the student council do in the future to plan a dance that Schreiber students would be willing and excited to attend?

“The foundation of this dance was based on idealism whereas when it came into practice, reality was what we faced.  So a lot of the stuff we did, we could’ve done better…but there’s a certain amount of what the student body wants.  So as the student council, we have to recognize that,” said Julian Kimball, the Vice President of Schreiber’s student council. 

The majority of students did not want to attend, despite initially answering in a survey that they would want to come to this dance.  This was likely due to a large-scale group-think. 

It’s a difficult thing to comprehend — how did so many people want it initially but not when tickets were selling?  Most of this is likely due to the peer pressures which exist in friend groups – if one’s friend group is not attending, they will likely not attend alone. 

Recognizing that the student council put a great deal of effort into planning the dance, it unfortunately did not work out this time.  However, our student body is in desperate need of some school spirit, and a dance that brings all four grades together would have been the perfect thing.  It seems that most students either weren’t interested in this, or thought they were “too cool to go” — hopefully, we can bring school-spirit events, with more participation, to our school in the future, as so many other high schools across the country have a tight-knit student body, with events that bring them together.