Abby Chesman, Multimedia Editor
Abby is ecstatic to officially join the Lion’s Tale as Multimedia editor. She has been doing photography for the CESJDS publications for the past three years and is an Editor-in-Chief on the Bohr Franklin Science Journal, as well as a Student Admissions Representative. She is an aspiring cinematographer and her debut short The Window has won several filmmaking awards in the DC area. For fun, she enjoys listening to music, doing the NYT mini crossword, rock climbing, and the Oxford comma.
![The main thing that sets prom at CESJDS apart from other schools is the fact that it takes place in February. Since the seniors graduate early, prom is right after graduation rather than in the spring like most schools.
On prom night, all seniors and their dates get to attend the dance, while also getting the opportunity to enjoy dinner, take pictures and ride on a party bus with their all of their friends.
JDS prom also includes an all night after-prom that takes place at the school following the dance itself. After prom is run and chaperoned by teachers and parents and has featured unique activities in past years including poker, a bouncy house and even a hired hypnotist. After prom also offers food and desserts, a pair of sweatpants for the whole class to change into and extra time to spend with friends.
“In 2017 that class came to me and said we want to do a dinner together [before prom] because we don’t want kids to split up,” Dean of Students and Senior Class Dean Roz Landy said. “That’s a new tradition that’s very special because it’s inclusive, and that’s what we want to be.”](https://lionstale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cmykseniortraditions-1200x800.jpg)
