Graduation Sinragge

From the back yard to the beach, high school celebrations make lasting memories.

CARL WALDMAN
Special to the Jewish News

est Bloomfield High
School senior Aliza
Willner isn't r,ling
graditation for granted.
For four years, the 17-year-old has
worked hard, and her accomplish-
ments are well worth celebration.
Spring-fever-struck seniors from
Bloomfield Hills to Berkley are well
into the planning stages of their big
farewell parties. Affairs such as baby
namings, bar mitzvahs and Sweet 16s
have perpetually been commemorated

with big hoopla. But today, complet-
corn cart. We also served roll-up
terpieces on each table in the family's
ing high school is commanding a new
sandwiches along with cold pastas
back yard.
style of party.
and salads."
"Across the board, open-house par-
The season starts warming up in
The family also displayed a senti-
ties set in a four-hour time frame are
early June and runs through late
mental collage of pictures of Joel and
still the most preferred," says,
July. The open house-style party
his friends through the years. Joel's
Cynthia Ziegelman of All About
that honored 1999 Berkley.High
picture was also featured in the cen-
Parties Inc. in Farmington Hills. "It
School graduate Joel Kirsch is
allows the graduates to stay a
still popular with this year's
little while, shmooze, eat and
crop of graduates. "To make
move on to their next party. It
the Sunday mid-day party per-
is not unusual for students to
sonal to Joel, we ordered in
have at least three graduation
row, Rob Beckerman, Eric Greenberg, Jeremy Heuer
his favorites," says Sandy
parties in the same day," says
Kirsch, Joel's mother. "A Good
Ziegelman. "
and Ben Falick; back row, David Adler, Adam
Humor ice cream truck was
Carol Ogusky will be honor-
Redstone, Ben Ketai and Louis Skeegan.
present, and we rented a pop-
ing her 18-year-old son Adam,

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