More Than A Dance - Bronte Wittpenn

Northwestern student Chaelcie Mosley, 18, pulls her three-month-old son Jareion Jackson Jr. in a wagon while a friend holds a framed photo of 17-year-old Jareion Jackson, the father of Mosley's son, at Northwestern High School before boarding buses to King's Castle in Lake Orion for their 2018 prom on May 18, 2018 in Flint. Jackson died after injuries he sustained from a drive-by shooting on December 19, 2017. He died on January 1, 2018. "This supposed to be our day," Mosley said. "This all you talked about." Mosley walked with her son in front of hundreds of families and relatives who craned to snap a photo of the pair. "Prom was a success," she adds. "Graduation next." This is the schools final prom as it prepares to close its doors for good by the end of the school year. Students from Northwestern will join students at Southwestern Classical Academy. This is the third high school that has closed its doors in Flint.

This is more than a dance. Prom in Michigan's high schools is a time for students to come together to celebrate their accomplishments and the next big thing, gradutaion. It's a time to celebrate love and loss with their families in a community that shaped them.

It's also a time to show off their best threads and the entourage that brings them.

Prom in Flint is a prideful time for the city. Friends and family gather by the hundreds to celebrate the next chapter of their young, loved one's life.

For Northwestern Preparatory High School, this is their last prom. The school will be shutting down and sending its kids to Southwestern in the coming school year. This is the third high school to close in Flint.

Other high schools pictured are Hamady, Carman-Ainsworth, Lakeville and Division.

Northwestern students join hundreds of family and relatives at Northwestern High School before boarding buses to King's Castle in Lake Orion for their 2018 prom on May 18, 2018 in Flint.

Northwestern students join hundreds of family and relatives at Northwestern High School before boarding buses to King's Castle in Lake Orion for their 2018 prom on May 18, 2018 in Flint. The school celebrated its final prom as it prepares to close its doors at the end of the school year. Students from Northwestern will join students at Southwestern Classical Academy. This is the third high school that has close its doors in Flint.

Hundreds of families and relatives join over 80 students during the entry into the 2018 Hamady High School prom themed "Mask Off" at Insight Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience on Saturday, May 12, 2018 in Flint.

Over 80 students attended the 2018 Hamady High School prom themed "Mask Off" at Insight Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience on Saturday, May 12, 2018 in Flint.

Northwestern students join hundreds of family and relatives at Northwestern High School before boarding buses to King's Castle in Lake Orion for their 2018 prom on May 18, 2018 in Flint.

Nearly 200 students and guests attended the 2018 Mt. Morris High School prom themed "Evening of Elegance" on Friday, May 4, 2018 at Lapeer Country Club in Lapeer.

Nearly 630 students attended the 2018 Davison High School prom themed "Be Our Guest: Beauty and the Beast" on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Davison High School in Davison.

Nearly 200 students and guests attended the 2018 LakeVille High School prom themed "Old Hollywood" at Paint Creek Country Club on Saturday, April 28, 2018 in Lake Orion.

Junior Ella McFarland, 16, stands for a portrait during the 2018 LakeVille High School prom themed "Old Hollywood" at Paint Creek Country Club on Saturday, April 28, 2018 in Lake Orion.

Lamyiia Gray, 18, looks out the window during the 2018 Mt. Morris High School prom themed "Evening of Elegance" on Friday, May 4, 2018 at Lapeer Country Club in Lapeer.

Senior Haley Turner, 17, kisses Allen Marx, 20, during the 2018 LakeVille High School prom themed "Old Hollywood" at Paint Creek Country Club on Saturday, April 28, 2018 in Lake Orion.

Nearly 200 students and guests attended the 2018 LakeVille High School prom themed "Old Hollywood" at Paint Creek Country Club on Saturday, April 28, 2018 in Lake Orion.

The three-month-old baby boy of senior Chaelcie Mosley, 18, rests in a wagon covered in gold material at Northwestern High School before boarding buses to King's Castle in Lake Orion for their 2018 prom on May 18, 2018 in Flint. The baby was pulled by her mother in front of hundreds of families and relatives that stood behind rope t take pictures of the students.

Northwestern students join hundreds of family and relatives at Northwestern High School before boarding buses to King's Castle in Lake Orion for their 2018 prom on May 18, 2018 in Flint.

Nearly 630 students attended the 2018 Davison High School prom themed "Be Our Guest: Beauty and the Beast" on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Davison High School in Davison.

Northwestern students join hundreds of family and relatives at Northwestern High School before boarding buses to King's Castle in Lake Orion for their 2018 prom on May 18, 2018 in Flint.

Over 80 students attended the 2018 Hamady High School prom themed "Mask Off" at Insight Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience on Saturday, May 12, 2018 in Flint.

Nearly 200 students and guests attended the 2018 LakeVille High School prom themed "Old Hollywood" at Paint Creek Country Club on Saturday, April 28, 2018 in Lake Orion.

Over 80 students attended the 2018 Hamady High School prom themed "Mask Off" at Insight Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience on Saturday, May 12, 2018 in Flint.

Northwestern students join hundreds of family and relatives at Northwestern High School before boarding buses to King's Castle in Lake Orion for their 2018 prom on May 18, 2018 in Flint.

Nearly 630 students attended the 2018 Davison High School prom themed "Be Our Guest: Beauty and the Beast" on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Davison High School in Davison.

Nearly 200 students and guests attended the 2018 Mt. Morris High School prom themed "Evening of Elegance" on Friday, May 4, 2018 at Lapeer Country Club in Lapeer.

More than 350 students made their way to the Lafayette Grande Banquet Facility on Saturday, May 5 in Pontiac to celebrate in their finest threads on Saturday, May 5, 2018 in Pontiac.

Brontë