It’s an event that many teenagers consider one of the highlights of their high school careers. But this year, an untold amount of juniors and seniors are missing out on their proms.

• Mason School district organized porch prom for what would have been prom night
• Photographers volunteered to take pictures of juniors and seniors all dressed up
• The pictures gave the seniors and juniors to have something to look forward to

It’s a night usually filled with dancing and pictures. But as prom weekends come and go across the county- the music remains silent and the limos aren’t rolling.

“It’s been sad, but I’m looking forward to next year in college," Emily McAtee a senior at Mason High School said. "Hopefully that happens.”

But at least one school district here in Ohio is getting some help from parents to plan an alternative. It’s called porch prom.

“It really gave them something to look forward to," Carin McAtee, Emily's mom said. "And that made it all worth it.”

Several volunteer photographers in Mason went around to high school junior and seniors homes and took pictures of them all dressed up for the big day.

“I was the first person out of all my friends to have a dress," Emily said. "One of my neighbors also bought an expensive dress and she really was excited she got to put it on at least.”

It gave everyone an excuse to dress up. Including mother and daughter duo Carin and Emily McAtee. 

“I thought, Emily, I’m going to wear my prom dress," Carin said. "If you won’t wear it, I will. And she’s like you are not wearing that prom dress. I said yeah, I’m going to go ahead and wear that prom dress.”

While the photo sessions weren’t the same as the real deal, the students saw it as a way to make memories and a reason to get dressed up.

“I wanna thank Mason School District for making prom somewhat memorable even though it couldn’t really take place," Emily said.

And parents were thankful to have the memories documented to look back on as the community came together for their kids.

“It’s been well over a month since we haven’t been able to be a community," Carin said. "And through efforts like this, it helps us feel closer as a community and have a togetherness that we haven’t had for quite some time now.”