All-Knighter to occur night of graduation

by felix ruediger

 As a last chance for graduating seniors to spend time with their high school friends, this year´s All-Knighter will take place on June 7 at midnight through June 8.

 “(We organize the All-Knighter) because we want to provide an alcohol-free and safe environment for the seniors that graduate,” Chairperson and mother of a graduating senior, Nancy Hutson said.

 Students can come in after 10:30 p.m. and leave at 5:30 a.m. The All-Knighter will be held at the two gyms, the wrestling room and several classrooms on the lower level at FHN.

 Students or their parents had to pay $120 for a ticket. The organizing committee used this money, along with the fundraising from the candy table, to provide the prizes that students can win throughout the night.

 “The prizes are by random drawing,” Hutson said. “Everybody will win something, ranging from gift cards to something like a laptop.”

 Senior Kayla Watson will attend the All-Knighter and has one favorite prize:

 “A plane ticket. That would be sweet,” Watson said.

 Hutson expects about 450 graduating seniors to come. For many graduates, the All-Knighter offers the last opportunity to spend time with senior friends before going to different colleges or into different jobs.

 One of them is senior Maddie Meyer who would love to win money for college.

 “I think it will be a fun way to say goodbye to everyone,” Meyer said. “I will probably cry.”