On Friday April 17, 2026 at 9:00 a.m., the Class of 2026 boarded buses bound for Supercharged Entertainment, a venue offering go-karts, “ninja” courses, a video game arcade, axe throwing, and laser tag.
Class Representatives Chloe Yeo ’26 and Gustavo dos Reis ’26 created an event planning committee to develop ideas, beginning months in advance. Members of the planning committee made presentations for potential senior skip day activities and classmates voted on the ideas. Among the most popular proposals were Six Flags and a Boston Red Sox game.
Logistical concerns narrowed the list down. Although it won the vote, Six Flags was deemed too far and too expensive for the group. A Red Sox game—the second most popular option—was not taking place on the date blocked for the skip day. Thus, the committee selected Supercharged, even though it received the second-to-fewest number of votes.
Students arrived at Milton by 8:00 a.m. and arrived at Supercharged around 9:30 a.m. Once at Supercharged, students waited to dive into the venue’s offerings. Isabella Alba ’26 explained that, for the most part, “you could do whatever activity you wanted during the day—arcade, trampoline park, etcetera.” Alba thought that the event seemed “planned well enough,” though she mentioned that “people just ran out of things to do.” Students kept busy by talking to friends and taking advantage of the Supercharged video game arcade.
Upper School Academic Dean Heather Sugrue participated as a chaperone for the event, and she thought that students appreciated the day. She acknowledged, “it's hard to find something that all will enjoy, but Supercharged does provide some space to just hang out and I think that helps.” She said that, “while [she] certainly [has] enjoyed other trips,” like Red Sox games or Six Flags, she noticed that “students would break off into smaller groups and have a good time, but at times it felt less like a full class activity.” Sugrue noted that the mood seemed to shift in the final hour of the day, once everyone had access to the trampoline park: “it was fun to see so many people having a good time together” said Sugrue. Yeo explained that the hour felt as though “everyone was a kid again.”
Students expressed mixed feelings about how the event compared to other senior year events like Senior Sunrise. To Yeo, she believed that the commonality between Senior Sunrise and Senior Skip Day is that “it’s your choice to show up.” However, Yeo explained that, in both cases, “an overwhelming majority of students showed up.” Alba summarized her reason for attending: “some people wanted other venues more, but a day with no classes to hang out with friends is a day with no classes to hang out with friends.”