Benjamins slip away for senior year

April 11, 2014

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:

    • 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