May 16, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
Fun & Games!
If the celebration of graduation wasn’t thrilling enough Friday night, members of the DCHS Class of 2023 put a big exclamation point on the end of their high school years with plenty of food, fun, and games during Project Graduation.
Some 64 students took part in this year’s event from 11 p.m. Friday night until 6 a.m. Saturday morning.
Fundraisers were held throughout the year in support of Project Graduation including a WJLE Radiothon on April 10 which brought in $13,390 in pledges and donations, breaking last year’s radiothon record of $12,785.
Project Graduation is an all-night drug-free, alcohol-free graduation party for members of each year’s DCHS graduating class committed to having a safe, wholesome, yet entertaining celebration together for the last time as a class. This year’s event was held on campus at DCHS.
Participating graduates received cash and prizes throughout the night, and they took part in games such as archery tag and laser tag with New Frontiers, 9 square ball, spike ball, inflatable slide and obstacle course, bad Minton, bubble soccer, UNO, basketball and several other activities Some of the top prizes given away were $1000 in cash, 2 PS5’s , 2 Xbox One’s, MacBook, Apple Watches, AirPods, Stanley cups, TV’s and microwaves.