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After tragedy canceled Hamilton Heights prom earlier this month, the high school has rescheduled the dance for early June with an outpouring of donations from the community.
Local businesses have donated the venue, the tuxes and more. Without them, the dance wouldn t have happened, said Whitney Gray, Heights assistant principal.
On May 1, Kalen Hart, a Heights senior, and Lendon Byram, a junior at Cathedral High School, died in a car crash in rural northern Hamilton County on their way to Heights prom in Kokomo. Two other teens were in the back seat and had non-life-threatening injuries.
Hamilton Heights canceled prom and related activities and made grief counselors available at the event venue in Kokomo and at the high school. Both the Heights and Cathedral communities spent that weekend remembering and mourning the two teens.
After fatal car crash, Hamilton Heights reschedules prom with help from community MJ Slaby, Indianapolis Star
After tragedy canceled Hamilton Heights prom earlier this month, the high school has rescheduled the dance for early June with an outpouring of donations from the community.
Local businesses have donated the venue, the tuxes and more. Without them, the dance wouldn t have happened, said Whitney Gray, Heights assistant principal.
On May 1, Kalen Hart, a Heights senior, and Lendon Byram, a junior at Cathedral High School, died in a car crash in rural northern Hamilton County on their way to Heights prom in Kokomo. Two other teens were in the back seat and had non-life-threatening injuries.