On The Spot: Annual door decorating contest

“We just decided we would do it [decorate doors] all together just to participate. We did it because of the contest. We wanted to participate, but of course, we think we’re going to win. Mrs. Syed is probably going to be the champion, but we’re hoping that they have a group division, and we think we’ll win the group.”

“I had kids decorate it, so I didn't decorate it at all. We were told to decorate our doors and each specific day had a subject, so I asked some of the kids who were creatively inclined to, and they were happy to do it.¨

“I have to give full credit to Ms. Homa Lewis. It was actually her idea, and she came up with the theme of the "12 days of COVID," and organized all the participants/classroom doors. My fourth period class was instrumental in creating the door decor, they wrapped it and made the masks.”

“We kind of did a theme of the twelve days of covid for all the social studies and some of the science teachers. We all picked a day, and my day was the fourth door of Christmas which was four emails on equity.”

“I love crafting and being creative, so this gives me an opportunity to have some fun during a stressful time leading up to winter break. I like to incorporate all of my students in my door decorations because it makes them laugh, and I enjoy the feeling of being part of a community of students and teachers. This year has been particularly tough with COVID-19, and I wanted my snow globe door dec...

“The theme was the ‘12 Days of Christmas’, and I decided since this is a one-way hallway, that we were going to start on the 12th day because the song’s really repetitive, and nobody likes to sing all twelve verses. I made music notes out of sheet music for the ‘12 Days of Christmas,’ and then had the students help me come up with pictures to decorate each theme and tried to make it ‘s...