As students continue through their high school career, costs pile up. Each ticket, club T-shirt, competition, and test registration costs money. Below are the estimated costs of what a senior might encounter. Split up into several categories, first shows general costs that all seniors would have to pay. The next few categories (competitions/trips, memberships, tickets) show costs for seniors involved in those activities.
Senior Year:
- Yearbook: $50
- Cap/Gown: $35
- Prom Attire: $30 – $300
- Panoramic: $25 – $45
- Portraits: $32 – $185
- Car Sticker: $20
- Letterman: $0 – $189
College/Academic:
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- College Applications: $50 – $75
- SAT: $51
- ACT: $52.50
- AP Tests: $59
- Transcripts: $2
- SAT Score Report: $11.25
Competitions/Trips:
- FBLA
- District: $20
- State: $175
- Speech & Debate
- Tournaments: $15-30/each event
- Music Department
- Solo & Ensemble: $12/35
- It’z: $25
- Dallas: $440
- Instrument: $25
- Dry Cleaning: $5
- Cadre Kerr
- Thespian Festival: $285 – $300
- Ice Skating: $10
- Student Council
- Winter Retreat: $45
- Ice Skating: $10
- Roller Skating: $9
- National Art Honor Society
- Culture Shapers: $20
- Ice Skating: $12
Memberships:
- Tri-M Honor Society: $25 + $5/year
- National Honor Society: $9 – $35
- National Art Honor Society: $3
- Quill and Scroll Honor Society: $25
- FBLA: $15/year
Honor Cords:
- Tri-M: $12
- Quill & Scroll: $7 or $10
- National Honor Society: $4 (rent), $26 (purchase)
- National Art Honor Society: $12
Tickets:
- Plays: $12
- Homecoming: $10
- Winter Formal: $5
- Prom: $20
- Homecoming Game: $4
- Autumn in Italy: $12
- Fine Arts Banquet: $35
- Winter Music Concert: $3
- Choir Pop Concert: $3
- Band/Orch Spring Concert: $3
- Talent Show: $5
T-Shirts:
- Student Council: $12
- Choir: $12
- Orchestra: $15
- Band: $15
- Handbells: $14
- FBLA: $10
- National Honor Society: $10
- Muslim Student Association: $17.50
- Korean Club: $12
- National Art Honor Society: $10
- Senior Class: $10
- Speech & Debate: $12
- Cadre Kerr Plays: $15/play
