Johnston High School holds Winter Ball at the Omni Hotel

On Dec. 16, Johnston High School held its annual Winter Ball in the Omni Hotel.

The ball doors opened for the students to come in at 8 p.m. The theme for this year's ball was “Red and Gold.” The room was decorated from top to bottom.

This year’s Homecoming King, Jacob Muller, continued Johnston’s tradition of reading “The Night Before Christmas.”

After the reading, 10 students' names were randomly chosen, and they could pick a gift. These students either picked out one of the good gifts, which included gift cards to Brewed Awakenings, Chipotle, TJ Maxx, Cindy’s Diner, Chelo’s, and a Johnston Sweatshirt. Or a bad joke gift — adult diapers, toilet paper, a dictionary, a onesie, and a picture of a mystery person.

Then came everyone's favorite part, the announcement of this year's Winter Ball King and Queen.

The queen nominations for this year were Katie Lofler, Ariana Medeiros, Ava Melo, Makayla Osinger, and Lena Torti. The king nominations for this year were Lucas Anderson, Noah Lavergne, Jacob Muller, Derek Salvatore, and Sunny Sysomphou.

This year’s Winter Ball King and Queen were Derek Salvatore and Ava Melo. Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s winter ball a success.

Editor’s Note: Raylin Santos serves as Junior Representative and Recording Secretary for the Johnston High School Student Council. The Johnston Sun Rise regularly publishes content submitted by the JHS Student Council. Attention students! If you have photographs from this year’s Winter Ball, email them to Sun Rise Editor Rory Schuler at rorys@rhodybeat.com, and if we get enough of them, we’ll print a page from the Red & Gold evening.