Despite the low number of seniors who attended the senior trip, Curtis Warriors had a blast at the PineGrove Ranch & Family Resort. The 30 seniors took a  2 ½ hour ride to the senior trip venue Friday afternoon.

The first night’s events included karaoke, pool, and nightclub dancing. After unpacking, the Curtis girls joined the crowd of teenagers in the lobby doing karaoke and soon became the center of attention when it was their turn to sing. Students from different schools immediately joined in to sing Usher’s “Yeah” and “Confessions part 2” while dancing with the girls who started it all.

Soon after karaoke was finished,  the Warriors found themselves in the resort’s night club socializing and dancing with students from Tottenville. The Curtis and Tottenville girls somehow found themselves involved in a dance battle of epic proportions while a huge circle formed around them. Although Tottenville proved themselves to be good adversaries when it came to certain dances, Curtis came out victorious as the best overall dancers of the night. After the night club, Curtis students brought the party back to their rooms to continue socializing.  Janelle Ross and Destinee Thomas felt that, “The dance battle was the best part because we killed it.”

The next day held a full schedule, as soon as breakfast ended, the activities began: snow tubing, horseback riding, paint-balling, laser tag, arcade games, ice skating, rock climbing, archery, massages, tractor rides, mini golf, swimming in the indoor pool, more karaoke, a bonfire at the end of the night, and more night club dancing. In between activities was lunch, dinner and a snack bar that was open almost all day. Curtis students also enjoyed themselves as they witnessed other schools such as Tottenville participate in the annual tradition of cross dressing between select boys and girls. At the end of the night students partied and engaged in a giant game of manhunt before heading to bed at 2:00 am.

Sunday morning  after breakfast students met with friends they made at other schools. Over a games of pool, they exchanged contact information and talked to each other about the two nights they spent together. They never expected to meet and actually enjoyed the company of teenagers who were initially complete strangers at the start of the trip. When asked on the ride home how they felt, Curtis Warrior Joma Glenn said, “Relieved but at the same time sad because we met new people and over the weekend we formed a bond,”

S.O. president Beth McGinley said, “I wish we could’ve stayed one more day.”

When asked to sum up the senior trip in one sentence, Taylor Haas said, “It was unforgettable.”

Louise Espina said, “It totally brought us all together.”