Is this the new norm for celebrating a birthday in Jr. High?

Today was the birthday of a classmate of my daughter. She turned 13. A small group of girls celebrated in the lunchroom during lunch. Six girls got to eat pizza, cupcakes and white chocolate covered strawberries. There were also balloons. This was done in front of 45–50 other students.

This is expected in grade school, but Jr High? I’m friends with some of the parents of the girls because my daughter was close with them in grade school. There was a facebook post from one of the moms with a pic of the girls. The mom is a teacher at the school. The caption read “another spoiling down!” Apparently they are going to do this for each girl in their clique.

Am I the only one who feels this is a bit much? I’m sure some of the less fortunate felt left out. My daughter thought it was over the top.

Thoughts?