Promposals: Love is in the Air

It may not be Valentine’s Day, but love is still in the air for Scarsdale High School seniors. With this year’s prom approaching quickly on June 1^st, seniors are rushing to construct and execute elaborate “promposals.” For those of you who may not know, a “promposal” is an elaborate way of asking someone to go to prom, usually involving bouquets of flowers and hand-crafted posters. This year, I saw fairy lights laid out in front of windows to spell “Prom?” and rooms decorated with balloons and candles. I even saw someone hire a mariachi band to serenade their to-be date! But among them, two particularly stood out to me.

Alex V and Jadyn S are nearing their two-year anniversary and have been a couple since the end of their Sophomore year. The couple has a special spot where they regularly go to watch the sunset and have picnics, and Alex recognized that it was the perfect spot to stage his promposal. Alex gathered an array of food—bread, cheese, olives, crackers, shrimp, pasta, and more—for a candle-lit picnic. He picked Jadyn up and took her to the spot, where he told her to open an inconspicuous cardboard box. Inside it, Jadyn was shocked to find a homemade vanilla cake with the word “Prom?” on top. While Jadyn was opening the cake, Alex retrieved a handmade poster with the sentence: “It has been a fun 2 years and taking you to PROM would be the… icing on the cake!” The couple was then enjoying a romantic picnic when disaster struck… the weather turned dark and stormy. Refusing to let the incoming storm ruin their date turned promposal, they drove to Kensico Dam, where they opened the trunk, set up the picnic in the back, and enjoyed the candle-lit ambiance in the rain.

It's near-impossible to top that promposal, but Oliver D.F.A executed an equally elaborate and creative plan for his girlfriend, Alicia X. For the past few weeks, Oliver has been interning at one of the five elementary schools for his senior options. Alicia had been asking to meet his class, and Oliver decided to deliver. After hours, maybe even days, of brainstorming the perfect promposal, Oliver gathered 19 pieces of paper, pencils, erasers, paintbrushes, red paint, and a few friends. After a few hours, each piece of paper had a bright red letter on it. His recruitment for help executing his plan didn’t stop there. After checking with the teacher in advance, Oliver handed each student in his class a letter and arranged them in a specific order. With Alicia on her way, Oliver stepped into a bear costume and retrieved a bouquet of flowers. Alicia was shocked to find her boyfriend, in a bear costume, with a bouquet of flowers, surrounded by students holding pieces of paper that spelled out, “Be the honey to my bear?” Oliver had decided to make his promposal a callback to the numerous teddy bears that he’s gifted Alicia, and she was overjoyed by his elaborate idea.

With “promposal season” coming to a close, like every year, the juniors have big shoes to fill! This year, the prom will be held on the evening of June 1^st at the Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle. Pre-Prom festivities, such as the red-carpet ceremony, will begin at 4:00 PM in the Dean Field parking lot and are open to the public.