Trying to think where my niece could possibly go for her graduation - "senior week"... Don't want to travel too far.... Ideas/suggestions.....

Ocean City seems to be popular.

Ocean City seems to be popular.
I was going to say she would probably want to go where her senior friends are also going... it doesn't make sense for her to spend a week on her own where she won't know anyone. Another thing... I hope you are asking about this for next year because reservations for senior week at any of the popular places are usually booked and pre-paid several months in advance.

Trying to think where my niece could possibly go for her graduation - "senior week"... Don't want to travel too far.... Ideas/suggestions.....
I don't quite understand the concept of "senior week" for high school.

You did what you needed, why not wait for a senior week from college

You did what you needed, why not wait for a senior week from college

Most college graduates are no longer interested in partying and acting stupid because they've gotten it out of their system.

Most college graduates are no longer interested in partying and acting stupid because they've gotten it out of their system.
So why this NEED to party from High School?

So why this NEED to party from High School?

It's a celebration and emancipation rite. High school graduation marks the end of childhood and the beginning of adulthood. And kids want to commemorate it by raising hell and getting drunk with their friends. :lol:

It's a celebration and emancipation rite. High school graduation marks the end of childhood and the beginning of adulthood. And kids want to commemorate it by raising hell and getting drunk with their friends. :lol:
Interesting

So why this NEED to party from High School?Do you really NEED us to explain the concept of senior week to you...:confused:

Do you really NEED us to explain the concept of senior week to you...:confused:
I don't understand it. You can't go out and drink, you can hardly get into anywhere fun. You can barely vote. So what is it you are doing?

Get your ass to work or college. I think every four years of work we should have a "senior week"

So why this NEED to party from High School?
Why not?

Why not?
Because it's high school?

You can't go out and drink, you can hardly get into anywhere fun.

Wanna bet? :lol:

I don't understand it. You can't go out and drink, you can hardly get into anywhere fun. You can barely vote. So what is it you are doing?

Get your ass to work or college. I think every four years of work we should have a "senior week"Senior week is not mandatory so those graduating that don't feel the need or understand the need to go by all means shouldn't go.

But for others, they see it a a major milestone in their life that signifies thier independence and the opening of the next volume of the book series that is their life. Once you graduate from high school you are supposed to be considered a young adult that is capable of forging ahead without having to have a parent hover over them at all times. Senior week is typically the very first time most of them are let go to travel unsupervised, unchaperoned and left to make critical decisions for themselves.

My son and his friends made plans to attend senior week the March before their graduation. Four of them split a nice 4 bed suite overlooking the boardwalk/ocean. They spent the next several months raising their own money to pay for it. Because we selected an establishment that accepted teens for senior week the business established the ground rules up front and the boys understood that if they made poor decisions they would end up evicted early without refund. As a result, they had a blast that week, but they also knew there were lines they couldn't cross. My son said he'd tell me all about it in about 20 years... :lol:

Senior week is not mandatory so those graduating that don't feel the need or understand the need to go by all means shouldn't go.

But for others, they see it a a major milestone in their life that signifies thier independence and the opening of the next volume of the book series that is their life. Once you graduate from high school you are supposed to be considered a young adult that is capable of forging ahead without having to have a parent hover over them at all times. Senior week is typically the very first time most of them are let go to travel unsupervised, unchaperoned and left to make critical decisions for themselves.

My son and his friends made plans to attend senior week the March before their graduation. Four of them split a nice 4 bed suite overlooking the boardwalk/ocean. They spent the next several months raising their own money to pay for it. Because we selected an establishment that accepted teens for senior week the business established the ground rules up front and the boys understood that if they made poor decisions they would end up evicted early without refund. As a result, they had a blast that week, but they also knew there were lines they couldn't cross. My son said he'd tell me all about it in about 20 years... :lol:
:lol: Well at least he will wait. Probably till right before you have a heart attack.


Here was the part that kills me the most, the kids that feel it's a "RIGHT/NEED/HAVE TO"

No it's a want, work for it and it's yours. Not give me, not "Oh I need to send my kid to senior week" No they want to be grown up, work for it. I have to work for my vacations work for yours.

:lol: Well at least he will wait. Probably till right before you have a heart attack.


What's even funnier is that my son has since forbidden his younger sister from attending senior week when she graduates next year...:lol:

No it's a want, work for it and it's yours. Not give me, not "Oh I need to send my kid to senior week" No they want to be grown up, work for it. I have to work for my vacations work for yours.Well, as you can see I just told you about 4 families that did just that... feel better now? :lol:

What's even funnier is that my son has since forbidden his younger sister from attending senior week when she graduates next year...:lol:

Maybe Jr. can get Little Sister a T-shirt that says something like:
"My Big Brother's 6'4"/220 I Wouldn't Risk It If I Were You"; and make her swear to wear it.

Maybe Jr. can get Little Sister a T-shirt that says something like:
"My Big Brother's 6'4"/220 I Wouldn't Risk It If I Were You"; and make her swear to wear it.

And if she wears a shirt like that, she'll probably gain a lot of new female friends that are interested in getting to know her brother. :lmao:

The son's comment does give an idea of what went on during "senior week" in that he does not want his sister to be subjected to it. Hmmm underage, lotsa partying, peer-pressure everywhere, no curfew, no parental supervision. Good times.

Really it comes down to maturity and trust. Ya gotta let your kids outta the nest at some point and see if they can fly. Just hope that you gave them enough guidance, values, and morals to know what to do and not to do to stay safe and still have fun.

I seriously had the best time of my life at senior week. We went to OC, and basically had the most amazing time. We STILL talk about all the fun we had and trouble we got into. It was awesome. I had worked my butt off to get into college, was working full time over the summer and needed a break with my friends to celebrate and have a good time. Me and 5 other girls split a suite, did a lot of partying, walked up and down the boardwalk and got invited to parties every 10 ft :lmao: everyone we knew was there and its one of the best memories I have.

Graduated from high school on Friday night, Monday morning I had traveled 300 miles looking for summer work to help pay for college. My parents were unable to foot any of the college bills so I was on my own with relatives providing room and board. In a couple of weeks got notified by the school that I qualified for a workship, so it was catch a bus and head out 600 miles to the school. Does that qualify for senior week?

I seriously had the best time of my life at senior week. We went to OC, and basically had the most amazing time. We STILL talk about all the fun we had and trouble we got into. It was awesome. I had worked my butt off to get into college, was working full time over the summer and needed a break with my friends to celebrate and have a good time. Me and 5 other girls split a suite, did a lot of partying, walked up and down the boardwalk and got invited to parties every 10 ft :lmao: everyone we knew was there and its one of the best memories I have.

:yeahthat:

31 years ago for me! There were 6 of us in our condo. I wasn't interested in hanging out w/people I didn't know so we either partied at home or figured out where our friends were staying and hotel- and condo-hopped all week. We could also ride the shuttle bus up and down the strip all day/night for 50 cents so driving was rarely necessary. Good times!

I don't quite understand the concept of "senior week" for high school.



It's to prepare their liver for college.

I don't understand it. You can't go out and drink, you can hardly get into anywhere fun. You can barely vote. So what is it you are doing?

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Didn't get out much in high school, did you? College kids do this thing every year, maybe you've heard of it, "Spring Break". I understand they get into all kinds of hijinks and hiliarities during that time frame.

Like vrai said it's a chance to go out and do things with their friends without parental intrusion. A lot of these kids have been going to school together since kindergarten and after high school they'll head their separate ways, college, military or work so why shouldn't they have a shot at doing something like this?

Trying to think where my niece could possibly go for her graduation - "senior week"... Don't want to travel too far.... Ideas/suggestions.....

When is senior week this year? My daughter is taking my grandkids to OC in June, I hope its not at the same time.

Trying to think where my niece could possibly go for her graduation - "senior week"... Don't want to travel too far.... Ideas/suggestions.....

How about....go to work...

Trying to think where my niece could possibly go for her graduation - "senior week"... Don't want to travel too far.... Ideas/suggestions.....

1. Local Hospital for volunteer work
2. Meals on wheels for volunteer work
3. A job interview
4. Stay home and help get the housework caught up

When is senior week this year? My daughter is taking my grandkids to OC in June, I hope its not at the same time.

It is not one specific week. It is usually the week after high school graduation and different schools graduate at different times, from late May through late June.

:lol: Well at least he will wait. Probably till right before you have a heart attack.


Here was the part that kills me the most, the kids that feel it's a "RIGHT/NEED/HAVE TO"

No it's a want, work for it and it's yours. Not give me, not "Oh I need to send my kid to senior week" No they want to be grown up, work for it. I have to work for my vacations work for yours.

You sound as fun as a canker sore. You weren't a fan of D&D were you?

I have fond memories of my OC senior week. :smile: We all worked through school and were either going off to college or starting full-time jobs, so it was a great time to celebrate and be together before we all headed into our new directions.

I'll be staying on the boardwalk June 7-10 and probably cussing all those seniors. :lol:

You sound as fun as a canker sore. You weren't a fan of D&D were you?
No, I just don't see the NEED.

Sure I see the want, but not the NEED.

:lol: And no I never understood D&D or any video games for that matter. :lol:

No, I just don't see the NEED.

Sure I see the want, but not the NEED.

:lol: And no I never understood D&D or any video games for that matter. :lol:
Some of my best memories of high school was satisfying that "NEED" to be at Daytona Beach every weekend in the spring in my junior and senior year.
Haven't you ever had that "Need" to get away?

Some of my best memories of high school was satisfying that "NEED" to be at Daytona Beach every weekend in the spring in my junior and senior year.
Haven't you ever had that "Need" to get away?
I have the want to get away, everyday.

But no don't think I have had a NEED. I have the the WANT to spend every day on a beach with a drink boy that looks amazing mostly naked. :lol:

No, I just don't see the NEED.

Sure I see the want, but not the NEED.

Spring break and senior trips are a want, not a need.

Not sure where you're going with this?

Spring break and senior trips are a want, not a need.

Not sure where you're going with this?
The seniors that say this "I NEED to go to senior week" Or the parent that "I NEED to send my child"

I'm sure this will come as a shock to some, but my kids (both of whom are about 30 years old) never did the Spring Break thing. My "wild" daughter didn't even have a desire to go, and my son didn't see the point in it and stayed home.

Even more shocking is that my kids were neither scarred nor underdeveloped as a result of foregoing the opportunity to travel away from home and act like jackazzez. Amazingly enough, the money not spent on booze, motel rooms, bail, gas, food, cover charges and souvenirs assisted them both, significantly, with their first years of college.

It's amazing to me that there's tacit approval by parents for kids to go do things the parents would never allow them to do around home, with all the accompanying risks, in a place far enough away for it to be a PITA for the parents to come bail the kids out or visit them in hospital.

It is a mystery to me why parents would want their kids to go out there and prove they aren't ready to be out on their own, prove that there's a reason for drinking-age laws, prove that you can get pregnant or very sick from having sex, etc.

So, yes, I really do think it's important to distinguish "want" and "need" here, and to show that although boring, staying home is the better alternative.

The seniors that say this "I NEED to go to senior week" Or the parent that "I NEED to send my child"

aHA! Well, obviously they're just using that word for effect because they don't really "need" to do that, they just want to. Which is fine and parents can work it out from there.

I'm sure this will come as a shock to some, but my kids (both of whom are about 30 years old) never did the Spring Break thing. My "wild" daughter didn't even have a desire to go, and my son didn't see the point in it and stayed home.

Even more shocking is that my kids were neither scarred nor underdeveloped as a result of foregoing the opportunity to travel away from home and act like jackazzez. Amazingly enough, the money not spent on booze, motel rooms, bail, gas, food, cover charges and souvenirs assisted them both, significantly, with their first years of college.

It's amazing to me that there's tacit approval by parents for kids to go do things the parents would never allow them to do around home, with all the accompanying risks, in a place far enough away for it to be a PITA for the parents to come bail the kids out or visit them in hospital.

It is a mystery to me why parents would want their kids to go out there and prove they aren't ready to be out on their own, prove that there's a reason for drinking-age laws, prove that you can get pregnant or very sick from having sex, etc.

So, yes, I really do think it's important to distinguish "want" and "need" here, and to show that although boring, staying home is the better alternative.
You said that way better than I could.

All of mine and Larry's kids did senior week at a location other than their home. #1 went to Cancun, #2 Ocean City, I don't remember where #3 went, but #4 did Myrtle Beach. They certainly drank alcohol, although #2 insisted her hangover was caused by food poisoning :lol:. I did not approve, but let them go anyway and nobody died or got pregnant, everyone came back safe and sound.

So while you don't NEED to send your kid away for a week, nor do they NEED to go, it's like anything else that you make a decision about regarding your kids. How I got talked into it was with pure reason: #1 was going into the Army and the rest were going off to college. They would be outside my supervision within a couple of months anyway, so what's the big deal about letting them go off a bit earlier to vacation with their friends?

I'm sure this will come as a shock to some, but my kids (both of whom are about 30 years old) never did the Spring Break thing. My "wild" daughter didn't even have a desire to go, and my son didn't see the point in it and stayed home.

Even more shocking is that my kids were neither scarred nor underdeveloped as a result of foregoing the opportunity to travel away from home and act like jackazzez. Amazingly enough, the money not spent on booze, motel rooms, bail, gas, food, cover charges and souvenirs assisted them both, significantly, with their first years of college.

It's amazing to me that there's tacit approval by parents for kids to go do things the parents would never allow them to do around home, with all the accompanying risks, in a place far enough away for it to be a PITA for the parents to come bail the kids out or visit them in hospital.


It is a mystery to me why parents would want their kids to go out there and prove they aren't ready to be out on their own, prove that there's a reason for drinking-age laws, prove that you can get pregnant or very sick from having sex, etc.

So, yes, I really do think it's important to distinguish "want" and "need" here, and to show that although boring, staying home is the better alternative.

Pssst. Not every kids that goes on spring break winds up on an episode of Cops.

My goodness.....OP I'm going to recommend Ocean City, most seniors go there for 'local' Senior Week and though it's clearly not "need" as discussed in length in this thread, it is certainly a "want" and if you're niece has the approval from her family then that's awesome...tell her to have fun :smile:

All of mine and Larry's kids did senior week at a location other than their home. #1 went to Cancun, #2 Ocean City, I don't remember where #3 went, but #4 did Myrtle Beach. They certainly drank alcohol, although #2 insisted her hangover was caused by food poisoning :lol:. I did not approve, but let them go anyway and nobody died or got pregnant, everyone came back safe and sound.

So while you don't NEED to send your kid away for a week, nor do they NEED to go, it's like anything else that you make a decision about regarding your kids. How I got talked into it was with pure reason: #1 was going into the Army and the rest were going off to college. They would be outside my supervision within a couple of months anyway, so what's the big deal about letting them go off a bit earlier to vacation with their friends?

Pssst. Not every kids that goes on spring break winds up on an episode of Cops.
Bingo! And Bingo again! If a kid doesn't want to go to spring break... okay. If a parent doesn't want to let a kid go to spring break...okay. Neither has anything to do with this thread then... the first post in this thread is clear that the kid and the adults are okay with the kid going to spring break. Geeezy peezy... :lol:

Pssst. Not every kids that goes on spring break winds up on an episode of Cops or Teen Mom or Dateline.

:fixed: :biggrin:

More teens die in car accidents than on graduation week. Do you intend to never let your kid drive a car? Ever?

It's amazing the things people get jacked up about, yet allow their kid to do something that is statistically more dangerous without a second thought.

I'm sure this will come as a shock to some, but my kids (both of whom are about 30 years old) never did the Spring Break thing. My "wild" daughter didn't even have a desire to go, and my son didn't see the point in it and stayed home.

Even more shocking is that my kids were neither scarred nor underdeveloped as a result of foregoing the opportunity to travel away from home and act like jackazzez. Amazingly enough, the money not spent on booze, motel rooms, bail, gas, food, cover charges and souvenirs assisted them both, significantly, with their first years of college.

It's amazing to me that there's tacit approval by parents for kids to go do things the parents would never allow them to do around home, with all the accompanying risks, in a place far enough away for it to be a PITA for the parents to come bail the kids out or visit them in hospital.

It is a mystery to me why parents would want their kids to go out there and prove they aren't ready to be out on their own, prove that there's a reason for drinking-age laws, prove that you can get pregnant or very sick from having sex, etc.

So, yes, I really do think it's important to distinguish "want" and "need" here, and to show that although boring, staying home is the better alternative.





please. My mom knew darn well that I was going to be just fine...she drank legally at the age I was when I went, and knowing her was probably crazier but she miraculously survived.. and we discussed everything and I was told flat out there would be no bailing out and there better be no trouble, and to have a blast. if you cant trust a 17-18 yo to be out of your sight for a few days, then you had better not send them to college at all, and have them set up a computer in your room for their online degree. Im all about being mean mom, but damn, let them have a little fun before the real world hits. and I spent very little for my trip, a couple hundred at most..so it would hardly make a dent in what I needed for college.

and I talked to my mom hungover every morning, which she found hilarious..because I insisted I sounded so terrible because I just woke up. :lmao: I still haven't filled her in on ALL the shenanigans from my trip, but she knows enough to know I had a blast and was prudent.

More teens die in car accidents than on graduation week. Do you intend to never let your kid drive a car? Ever?

It's amazing the things people get jacked up about, yet allow their kid to do something that is statistically more dangerous without a second thought.


Whatever. Made my point, TYVM. The destination I chose in answer to the original question is "home."

I bet the Amish think you should lighten up a little. Even they have a Rumspringa.

I should clarify: I posted what I think fit me and my kids. I know that what works for me doesn't work for others. I'm not condemning those who made different choices. When asked for an opinion, I give it.

My goodness.....OP I'm going to recommend Ocean City, most seniors go there for 'local' Senior Week and though it's clearly not "need" as discussed in length in this thread, it is certainly a "want" and if you're niece has the approval from her family then that's awesome...tell her to have fun :smile:

Thank you so much!! People on these forums need to get a life sometimes. And respond to the intial post instead of other unnecessary stuff. If you feel its so unheard of then just back out of the forum!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE...

Thank you so much!! People on these forums need to get a life sometimes. And respond to the intial post instead of other unnecessary stuff. If you feel its so unheard of then just back out of the forum!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE...

You're quite welcome :yay:

And I just noticed I used "you're" instead of "your" in my original post....gahh I hate that! :lol:

Crap, I also forgot an "a" before "need" ((womp womp))

Its practice for all the wild sex drugs and rock and roll they are going to see in college.

Pssst. Not every kids that goes on spring break winds up on an episode of Cops.

Campus PD on TruTV or the holy grail, Girls Gone Wild.