Decorative paper bats, pumpkins, scarecrows, and leaves flood the halls of our dearest school. Covering doors from head to toe in construction paper, hoping to win the number one first place and a pizza party. 

For the past week, students and teachers have been crafting their hearts out to create a door that they hope will win the annual advisory door decorating contest. Each door had to include at least one scarecrow and one pumpkin. 

“I wanted to compete in this competition for the fact that I would have the opportunity for pizza and the glory of rubbing it in other people’s faces,” sophomore Gianni Marin said. 

Students and teachers collaborated on different ideas, thoughts, skills, and brains to create a unique door. Each door is different and holds an element that shows about the person who created it. 

“My inspiration for that door see was Kellan’s love for Snoopy and the things I found on google,” Marin said.

 The door had to be created out of class time. This gave students lunch, advisory, and even after or before school if they wanted to work on their door. The competition was also meant for each student to be able to collaborate with others. 

“I enjoyed the collaboration with my fellow chaps,” Marin said.

Anything could have been used to create the doors and follow a theme of the competitors choosing if it followed the requirements of having one scarecrow and one pumpkin. 

“I used construction paper in a variety of colors such as red, orange, yellow, black, with and green and my usefulness in making block letters,” Marin said. 

The judging took place this Tuesday during advisory. Both students and teachers wait to hear the final results of the grand champion of the annual fall door decorating contest.

“I love my masterpiece for it shows great tapestry and artistic usefulness,” Marin said. 

With the competition over, students and teachers alike are able to look back and see what they could have done better or differently to change the outcome of their door. 

“I could have used my time more efficiently and known more about what I was doing ahead of time and instead of two days before it ended,” Marin said. 

Working on the door brought students joy and brought them closer together. The competition also allowed students to learn more about themselves and each other.

“I enjoyed being the person who got to plan what to do,” sophomore Kellan Graves said.