Project Grad Night will be after Graduation. That date and time has not been announced yet. Seniors will vote from a few options for their destination. Whatever venue is chosen, it will be a night for just our class.

Project Grad is their last opportunity to celebrate together and create memories as a class before moving on to bigger and better things. We strive to have as close to full participation as possible. With everyone’s help it will be a great night they will never forget! Over the past few years, there has been an 90%+ attendance rate :)

All 2025 Piper Pirate Seniors are welcome to attend Project Grad! This is a special night for Piper Seniors only. Students with disciplinary/criminal issues may be prohibited from attending. The High School will inform the board if there are concerns regarding specific students.

No. Grad Night is specifically for Class of 2025 Piper High School Seniors only. Siblings, friends, girlfriend, and boyfriends are not allowed to attend. This is non-negotiable.

No. Busses are provided and students are required to ride the bus to and from the event. This is non-negotiable.

Usually, the volunteers who help are senior parents (or family members). They do not have to be though! Project Graduation is an organization that requires community help and requires a lot of volunteers to run smoothly. Parents, grandparents, family friends and PHS alumni are welcome to volunteer. In fact, we highly encourage underclassmen parents to get involved so you can experience PG before your student becomes a senior. Let’s be honest, senior parents are exceptionally busy during senior year and especially graduation time. The involvement of underclassmen parents makes graduation night less stressful and more enjoyable for senior parents. As an underclassmen parent, you will appreciate the support of other parents when your child is a senior!

Here's a basic run down of the evening: * Check in for the bus (typically a couple of hours after graduation ends) * Spend a few hours at the venue (games, food, drinks, raffle, etc.) * Back on the bus to head home * Check out and pickup raffle prizes and money (if applicable) at the high school * Students are released to leave

No, all students regardless of age are required to ride the bus to and from the venue. Students will not be allowed to leave with a friend, boy/girlfriend. This rule is in accordance with our insurance policy and students and parents will be required to sign a waiver stating the rules.

Students will not need anything during Grad Night. Backpacks, purses, belt bags, food and drinks should stay at home. Food and drinks will be provided. Select students may choose to bring a small pouch and leave in a box with a designated adult at grad night. This pouch will stay in a designated spot, except when needed. This is for students who may need a medical device (inhaler), feminine products, etc. This is not for every student to bring items they do not need.

When a student checks in, they will receive an arm band and Project Grad t-shirt. BOTH of these items are to be worn during the entirety of the evening. This alerts on-site adults (both venue employees and parent volunteers) that someone is there without permission.

All Project Grad information can be found on this website! This will be a one-stop-shop for all things PG! Reminders, photos and things of that nature will also be found on the official Piper Project Grad 2025 social media pages, at Parent Meetings and the school will send some information in their weekly blasts. To make it easy to find us, we've used the same user name, @PiperPG2025 and/or search for Piper Project Grad 2025! They are linked below and on the footer of this website. Website Email Facebook Instagram Twitter/X If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to ask. We have a lot of first time senior parents and there is a lot to Project Grad. We want to make sure everyone knows all the deets! Also, look for this ⤵️

Parent Meetings will be held at Vineyard Community Church on Hutton from 7:00-8:00pm on the following dates: Thursday, August 29 Thursday, November 14 Thursday, December 12 Thursday, January 16 Thursday, February 20 Thursday, March 13

President ~ Regina Utter Vice President ~ Kim Brown Treasurer ~ Kim Neer Secretary ~ Sherri Little Social Media ~ Kristin Miller

* Trashbags ~ Danielle Rogers * Senior Parking Spots ~ * Mums ~ * Powderpuff Football ~

No. Project Graduation is a privately funded non-profit organization (501c3) organized by volunteer parents. No funding is received from the Department of Education, Piper High School, or USD203. Piper High School/USD203 supports Project Graduation by publicizing events and fundraisers on behalf of Project Grad. Some events are held on school campus (such as Powderpuff).

Project Graduation started after tragic teenage deaths and injuries from April to June of 1979 in the Oxford Hills area of Maine. Most of which were attributed to driving under the influence. The residents of the Oxford Hills wanted to find a way to prevent these tragedies and created Project Graduation. It offered graduates a fun place to celebrate all night long under adult supervision and with no alcohol or drugs. The first Project Grad was held on June 14th, 1980 and there were no drug or alcohol related fatalities or arrests that year. Project Grad is now common in most high schools throughout the United States and many also provide an After Prom to promote the same principals.

Piper Project Grad is lead by a board of senior parent volunteers. With the help of event chairs and a team of parent volunteers, the year long effort to raise funds begin each summer and continues through graduation. There are many things to do and events to help with, so parent volunteers are needed!

Piper High School Project Graduation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides a fun, safe, drug & alcohol-free graduation celebration hosted by senior parents. Project Graduation is a totally self-supported program, funded solely through community fundraisers and monetary donations from individuals and local businesses.

As of May 2024, there are 190 seniors in the Class of 2025. This is the largest class to date!

We have a number of ways, events and activities that take place throughout the school year to support Project Grad. Your involvement can be as great or small as you wish. We appreciate any amount of time that volunteers are willing to give. There is a place for you! During Parent Meetings, there will be announcements and you can sign up then. There will be times a SignUpGenius will go out via email for you to signup. You can also reach out to the board and we'll find you a spot that works!

Our total goal is to raise 50K! Lofty....yes, but with everyone's help, we can do it! Here is where that breaks down to:

* Share the fundraising flyers with your friends and family * Invite your friends and family to our events * Ask those you know to be a sponsor or donate for our auctions or raffle * You and your student participate in various fundraisers

We seek contributions for sponsorship as well as in-kind donations of food and prizes. Please check out the Sponsors section of this website. You may also make a monetary donation via Venmo, Check/Cash directly to PHS Project Grad 2025.

If we don't meet the full $50,000, then we will have less raffle prizes and cash prizes for the seniors. Our priority is the admin costs and fulfilling the contract obligations we make for Grad Night (depending on where seniors choose to go for their event). Everything after these costs are covered, is a bonus!