Beary Sweet- Raymond Che, Missy Cloward

One weekend was all it took for senior Raymond Che to figure out how he was going to ask senior Missy Cloward to Prom. When he was at the mall, he walked by Build-A-Bear and got the idea to create one for Missy. He then proceeded to build the bear and dress it up in a tuxedo. Inside the bear’s paw was a voice recording of Raymond asking Missy to Prom. It also had a sign around its neck that read “press my paw.”

“It was his own idea, which was really good and now I’m just really excited to go to Prom,” Cloward said. “It’s going to be really fun.”

Looking back, Raymond is glad that he asked Missy before anyone else had the chance.

“If you want to ask someone to Prom, do it right away otherwise some other guy will snatch your girl,” Che said.

Picture Perfect- Josh Carpenter, Madison Gillam

Senior Josh Carpenter knew he wanted to ask his girlfriend Madison Gillam to Prom in a unique way since Homecoming, but put the idea aside for awhile. When the middle of February came along, Josh put his plan into action. Using a picture frame that he had purchased with the word “Prom?” that framed the photos, he picked out and arranged  pictures of the two of them in the frame and placed it in Madison’s room for her to discover when she got home.

“I got the idea because of the pictures in picture frames that she gives me,” Carpenter said.

After basketball practice, Madison went home to find the surprise that Josh had left for her.

“My heart just stopped and I didn’t know what to say because I was so happy all I could do was smile,” Gillam said.

Give Me A Sign

Out of the blue, senior Kelsey McIlroy got a call to go outside. As she stepped out the door, she saw Daniel Ingle standing at the end of her driveway with a bouquet of flowers and a sign saying “Prom?” hanging from his car’s hood.

“I was really surprised,”  Mcllory said. “I wasn’t expecting it. I was hoping for it, but I wasn’t expecting it.”

Daniel and Kelsey have been friends for a long time. He’d wanted to ask her three weeks earlier, but decided to wait so he could ask her in a cute way.

“If you have a girl you’re thinking of asking, just go ask her. If you ask her in a cute and creative way, odds are she is going to say yes,” Ingle said. “That tiny moment of embarrassment and nervousness is worth having an amazing Prom night.”