Rob and the California George Family

Last Friday night I helped work Grad Night at El Toro High School. The school holds this event on-campus for Seniors on the last day of each school year. Andrew attended (although he has another 3 weeks of summer school before he actually graduates). I worked Security. Basically our job was to make sure that everyone that was in stayed and no one came in that didn't belong. We also did any "odd jobs" that were needed during the night.

The event was setup within the gym and a fenced off area in front of the gym. There was a carnival with various games, a dance floor, a "gambling" area (where they won raffle tickets), a lip sync, video games, a remote control race track, a rock climbing wall, a digital photo area, a "make a video" area, and more that I can't remember. There was lots of free food and drink available. There were also hundreds of prizes (won with the tickets from the carnival and gambling area) and a goody bag that all of the participants received.

The students all had a great time. There was a lot of parent support. There were around 550 students and probably 300 parents working it. I worked from 9pm to 6am and was surprisingly less tired than I expected in the morning.

It was a really profitable night for Andrew. He won the "grand prize" of a new laptop computer. He has been having lots of fun getting that setup. Hopefully he will use it for something other than gaming when he is in college next year!

Labels: Andrew, Rob, School