Early bird pricing through April 20th is $50 for one ticket and $45 when you purchase two or more. Each early bird ticket will come with 5 raffle tickets!

May 1st ticket prices change to $65 for one ticket, and $50 each when you purchase two or more. Tickets include 2 free raffle tickets.

Tickets are available through Zeffy if you click the Buy Tickets Here button above.

Why are we fundraising?

The short answer: The venue, food, and entertainment gets expensive. Keep in mind that once your student arrives, there are no additional costs.  This event will provide a meal, snacks, and treats as well as:

Mocktails / other beverages
Food and snacks
A live DJ
Photobooth
Casino-style games
Karaoke
Trivia
Senior Slideshow
Raffles and prizes
Foosball
Ping-Pong
Air Hockey
Open gym games (think pickleball, basketball, volleyball)

and hopefully more if funding allows!

We are requesting donations through local businesses, organizations, and community members. If you know of any potential donors, please let us know: ghgradnightparty@gmail.com

Please reach out to us, we know of donors willing to sponsor graduates so they can attend the party! ghgradnightparty@gmail.com 

Hosting a graduation party the night of their big day is very common. This is their last night together before they go their separate ways. The 9pm starting time allows families to celebrate with their child and give them a time to celebrate with their friends. Since lots of businesses shut down by 9-10pm in Gig Harbor, there aren’t a lot of options for celebrating out on the town. This party allows for that. PenMet Parks graciously agreed to serve as the venue for this party and stay open until 2am. Our goal is to keep our youth safe while giving them a joyful, memorable send-off.

This is a special occasion! Surprise them by saying “yes, of course you can go to that party with your friends to celebrate your graduation!” If you are concerned about them driving home that late, consider volunteering at the party 😊 Also keep in mind your graduate is not required to stay all night and this is a substance free event. Please practice extra caution while driving since this event ends at 2am. Talk to your teens about intoxicated drivers and how to stay safe and aware, or consider dropping them off and picking them up.

This event will provide:

food, snacks, and treats
Mocktails / other drinks
A live DJ
Photobooth
Casino-style games
Karaoke
Trivia
Senior Slideshow
Raffles and prizes
Foosball
Ping-Pong
Air Hockey
Open gym games (think pickleball, basketball, volleyball)

and hopefully more as funds allow!

We are open to adding any other great ideas our seniors can come up with to make this a night to remember!

Yes! PenMet will provide employees, but we will also need some parent volunteers to help run the event. This is another way we are able to keep the cost of the evening down. We need help with serving food, dealing cards, checking in students for the event, and just making sure everything is running smoothly while they celebrate.

Yes! This event is open to all graduating seniors in the district as well as local seniors who attend charter schools or private schools and have close friends in the Peninsula School District. Our goal is to create an inclusive party for the graduating kids in our community and allow friends to be able to celebrate together!

Since the these students will already have graduated, the school no longer has liability over them and this party cannot be sponsored by the school (like they can with a school dance).

GHHS does not have a PTO, which makes it difficult to organize an event at this level without going through a for-profit grad night party company. The Parent Committee founders did not realize until mid-fall that no parents were working on a grad night party. It took them several months to commit and set up the nonprofit organization. We’re trying our best to make this party happen and get you the information you want!

Other grad night party companies (offering an overnight party going from 9pm to 6 am the next morning) are expensive and require extra transportation logistics. In past years the tickets cost over $200. The parties typically include two venues and require bus transportation to the first venue, from one venue to the other, and return transportation. The ticket price per student required by the grad night party company does not include transportation, which would be necessary to either fund through fundraising or through increased ticket prices.

Purchase a ticket for your graduate and reach out to ghgradnightparty@gmail.com. We have lots of needs and you can sign up for something based on your capacity to help out!

We set this organization up so that it is easier in the future for parents to organize a grad night party. One of the Parent Committee founders has 3 other children who will be graduating from GHHS over the next several years and will help out on those years. Because GHHS does not have a PTO/PTA, this newly formed organization will lay the groundwork for parents wanting to organize these events and getting started at the beginning of the year.