Tri-Valley High School announced on Mar. 16 that its annual prom will take place on Saturday, April 18, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Miller Park Pavilion. Tickets are priced at $25 per person and will be available during both lunch periods from March 31 to April 2 and again from April 7 to April 9.
The school said that After Prom will follow the dance at the high school from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., free of charge for all juniors, seniors, and their dates. Attendance at the dance is not required to participate in After Prom, but students must sign up during ticket sales. Students attending After Prom must arrive before midnight or parents will be contacted. Parents who wish for their child to leave early must complete an early departure permission form.
For students bringing guests from schools other than Tri-Valley, families are responsible for submitting both a Guest Permission Form and an After Prom Early Departure Form by Wednesday, April 9, to Ms. Angus or Mrs. Vaux.
Additionally, juniors are required to complete their class fundraiser in order to attend either prom or after prom events.
Tri-Valley Community Unit School District 3 represents McLean County and includes Tri-Valley Elementary School, Tri-Valley High School, and Tri-Valley Middle School according to the Illinois Report Card. The district enrolled 1,065 students in the 2019-2020 school year and serves grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in Downs and McLean County according to the Illinois Report Card.
The district spent $17,782 per student in 2020 with total expenditures reaching $18,938,096 according to the Illinois Report Card. It employs a total of 75 teachers with an average salary of $61,511; most teachers are women (75.5 percent), while men make up about a quarter of staff (24.5 percent). No teacher had more than ten absences in a school year according to the Illinois Report Card.
Demographically, Tri Valley Community Unit School District 3 is composed of approximately 92.7 percent White students, with smaller percentages identifying as Black (0.8 percent), Hispanic (2 percent), or Asian (0.8 percent) according to the Illinois Report Card. The chronic truancy rate was reported at just 0.7 percent—seven students—in contrast with a statewide average of nearly ten percent according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Mrs. Vaux and Ms. Angus said all forms related to guest attendance or early departure should be returned by April 9.
