At this year’s annual Pre-Prom assembly on April 17, TASC will have a “special surprise” for the juniors and seniors that the organization

is staying quiet about.
“We’re going to have a speaker come in to talk about making smart choices,” TASC sponsor Dawn Jones said. “It’s going to be someone
the students will recognize, so that’s exciting. After that, we’ll have a special surprise planned for them.”
It’s been a tradition for TASC – Teens Advocating Smart Choices – each year to hold an assembly for the juniors and seniors the Friday before Prom. The purpose of the assembly is to not only to persuade
students to make smart choice for that weekend, but for their everyday lives.
“It’s that time of year that the kids start getting restless about prom and the end of the year, especially
if they’re seniors,” Jones said. “We just want to remind them to make the right choices and not get carried away with things that seem harmless.”
As a change from previous years, this assembly is promised to be something completely new and different from those before it. Past years have included guest speakers and re-creations of car crashes, but for the juniors and seniors, they will be getting something unexpected.
“Last year it got out,” President
Cara Custer said. “I hope it stays a secret until it happens.”
Until the assembly, TASC is staying hard at work on their planning.
“It’s going to be big,” senior Caryn Rogers said. “I can’t say much, but what I can say is that it’s new and different. It’s going to get their [students] attention if nothing else. And once we get their attention, I think this year’s assembly will be one that will stick.”