Maturitní ples or Prom as it is often called in the United States of America is a social event and traditions, which starts the end of the secondary education with a final graduating Maturita exam. This event is often organized by students who are graduating that year and it usually takes places sometime between January and March.

It is often a very formal event which requires the young ladies and gentleman to actually dress up and even wash and brush their hair J

Many of them take it so seriously that they even take “ball room” dancing lessons – after all, they wouldn’t want to embers themselves in front of all family and friends.

This year, our school organized one such “ples” a few weeks back. For me, it was even more special as it included my own son who (no preferential treatment here) looked very spiffy.

The event was wonderful and the students did a terrific job organizing it. It was a pleasure to talk to them all and their parents and see them look like adults… many of them unrecognizable without sleepy eyes and torn up jeans.