When senior Kayla Stoots opened up her Facebook, she checked the Prom page to make sure no other girls had taken the dresses she was thinking about.

Both classes have created Facebook groups devoted to Ring Dance or Prom. 

The objective of both groups is to ensure that no two girls come to the year’s biggest dances in the same dress.  Senior Taylor Hooper and junior Emily Clarke were the pioneers behind creating the two Facebook groups. According to Clarke, she created the group due to an alumna informing her about how well their Facebook pages worked out.

“I thought it was great idea,” Clarke said.

Some seniors have mixed feeling about the groups.  “I think that posting dresses on Facebook kind of takes away the fun of seeing everyone’s dresses on Prom night. Although it’s helpful because then no two people will have the same dress,” Stoots said.  Senior Halea Blair agrees with Stoots when it comes to the idea that the groups take away the element of surprise.  “I removed mine [my dress from the group],” Blair said.

Juniors and seniors alike look at the Facebook groups as new JC traditions.  “I think it’s helpful because you can see everyone’s dresses. They [other classes] have done it for a while,” senior Sam English said.

“You get to see what kind of dresses everyone else is wearing and it helps you get an idea of what you want to wear. I feel like it connected the girls in our grade too because you’re all helping each other out with deciding what dress to wear,” junior Amy Slusher said.

Junior Emily Cashour mirrors Slusher’s thoughts.  “I thought the group was a really great idea. It helps make sure nobody accidentally gets the same dress,” Cashour said.

The groups are convenient because most girls, of both the junior and the senior class, have Facebooks and check them regularly.

“It was an awesome idea. It’s really convenient because that way there won’t be any awkwardness if two girls get the same dress, because that won’t happen,” junior Julie Kraus said.  Most of the junior girls felt the same way as Slusher and Kraus.

“It serves its purpose of making sure girls don’t get the same dresses, but it’s also a cool way to keep connected with all the junior girls. It’s really a great way to keep everyone in the loop,” junior Sierra Ficca said.

Eva Bialobrzeski is an A&E Editor for The Patriot and jcpatriot.com