‘Senior assassin’: Inside Portland high schoolers’ risky but ‘unifying’ year-end tradition

Published on: 06/08/2026

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Developers created the Splashin app for students to organize tournament-style

Lying in wait outside another student’s house, Anas Ali was equipped with a water gun to soak his target: a fellow Ida B. Wells High School senior participating in an annual game called “senior assassin,” where students track down and spray classmates in the hopes of winning a cash purse.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2026/06/senior-assassin-inside-portland-high-schoolers-risky-but-unifying-year-end-tradition.html

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