Members of the Class of 2025 traveled to the Middle School Campus for the senior prank May 21. The prank included students crashing classes, spraying students and faculty with water guns and throwing water balloons.
Lucas Schlumberger ’28 said that the senior prank amused him and that a student crashed his history class.
“I got sprayed with a water gun, and it was funny,” Schlumberger said. “There was a guy who came into my history class just to look around or something, which was entertaining.”
Victor Suh ’25 said he interrupted a class to see his sister.
“My sister called me saying, ‘please storm my classroom,’ but her teacher is one of the grouchy teachers who wouldn’t allow her students to go see their siblings who were there,” Suh said. “I saw Kaylee through the classroom door window, and then I opened the door and interrupted a mid-class popcorn reading session to say hi to her. I was able to get a few laughs from her classmates, so I’m glad I could make their day.”
Head of Middle School Jon Wimbish said that during the prank, it was wholesome to see and talk to old students, a sentiment shared by other teachers at the middle school.
“A number of kids who I taught in English class came up to me said, ‘hello,’ and we checked in,” Wimbish said. “We were able to reminisce about the memories in the classes. It was really special to have them here, and that’s something that I heard from a number of teachers and deans as well.”
Wimbish said he was amused by the prank, although he did not want to get directly involved.
“I kind of kept my distance because I didn’t really want to get in the fray,” Wimbish said. “I saw Dr. Carroll really going at the other seniors with water balloons and water guns. I don’t know where Dr. Carroll had gotten this huge Super Soaker, but he got one, and he was holding his own, and his shirt was absolutely drenched.”
Julien Liu ’25 said he hopes this prank becomes a tradition because it allows seniors and teachers to reunite.
“I think the prank went great, and this should become a senior tradition rather than a prank,” Liu said. “It was really wholesome because we got to meet our teachers that we had at the lower school and reconnect with them before we graduate on their campus.”
Members of the Class of 2025 continued the prank by stacking trash bins, phone caddies and tables on the Quad May 22. Cailyn Koo ’27 said that she thought the prank was hilarious, especially after faculty attempted to kick juniors off the Quad.
“I was walking down to the quad, and unfortunately, everyone got kicked off, but I still thought it was really funny,” Koo said. “Faculty was trying to kick juniors off the quad, even though they were helping, which was really funny to me and my friends.”
