The Hawaiian shirt is a divisive piece of apparel. People in Hawaii know how to wear them tastefully, and they are welcome at practically every event. The shirts, known locally as Aloha shirts, date back to the 1930s and frequently have shell or coconut buttons.

Off the island, two distinct groups predominantly wear them: wealthy men who purchase them for $125. Tommy Bahama shirts are worn by wealthy men to demonstrate that they can be relaxed on weekends, or by drunk frat men who bought garish ones at thrift stores. The Aloha shirt is intended to convey a feeling of fun and zaniness, but in the hands of the ordinary American, it appears more than a touch “try-hard” in most circumstances.

Then there’s writer Hunter S. Thompson, whose flamboyant wardrobe choices reflected his vibrant lifestyle. He’s one person who can pull off the appearance. There is also Ace Ventura.

In 2016, Dave Husselbee, a student at Sleepy Hollow High School in Westchester, New York, gathered five of his classmates and purchased five loud Hawaiian shirts to wear on picture day. Dave Husselbee intended the ugly clothing as a continuous joke throughout the yearbook.

“We bought five shirts, and about 10 kids knew about it before picture day,” Husselbee told ABC News. Initially, the yearbook would be peppered with tacky Aloha shirts every few pages.

Then the concept began to develop.

Other children who waited up to get their photographs shot liked the concept and wore the shirt as well. Then some of the high school faculty joined in on the prank. “Some of the staff was unsure, but once the chair of the science department decided to do it, all the others were enthusiastic,” Husselbee said.

Husselbee and his companions swiftly lost control of the playful “prank.” Overall, sixty people donned the shirt in their yearbook photographs, thereby taking over the magazine and transforming the melancholy pages into a sun-kissed island-style reverie.

Once you see the shirts, that’s about all you see on any given site!

You almost feel terrible for the other kids who made an effort to choose good attire for their photographs.

Here’s a single yearbook page featuring 14 different students wearing the identical yellow Aloha shirt.

The running humor becomes more remarkable as you get farther into the yearbook.

Seriously, how did a gang of teenagers pull this off?

Young individuals have a unique aptitude for making others laugh, telling jokes, and pulling pranks.

Yes, even the professors got into it. That is the hallmark of a genuinely excellent school prank: no one is injured, everyone can participate, and it brings smiles even years later.

Carol Conklin-Spillane, the school’s principal, said the prank exemplified the school’s fun-loving character.

Senior pranks, in particular, have a way of getting out of control. A gang of students poured cement into the school’s restrooms, inflicting thousands of dollars in damage. Others have sprayed the stairwells with baby oil or ruined the school’s classroom communication equipment.

This Westchester bunch did it correctly.

“The best part is that this is who we are here at Sleepy Hollow High School,” she told me. “Kids and instructors develop great relationships. It’s a friendly and pleasant environment. That’s what makes this location unique. It exemplifies how these four years may be life-changing. It’s all about how these young people interact with grownups.”

We constantly hear about how many teachers are quitting the field and how the students are too uncontrollable, unruly, and disengaged, not to mention the myriad structural issues in education. But it’s exciting to see that strong bonds between kids and instructors still exist.