Tirath Singh | The Insider
The winning ornament from the school contest.
Being an international school, we have many people that celebrate fun holidays, but we mostly acknowledge Christmas. But what about the other holidays such as Hanukkah or Kwanzaa?
Have they been pushed aside? Definitely not. The tree outside the main office will be decorated to represent each.
The school is also starting a new tradition. The Recycled Dragon Ornament Contest, held between the advisories, began at the end of November and ended December 18th.
“It would be cool to decorate all the holidays. And we want to incorporate international symbols of peace because our school is international,” said Principal, Ms. Aimee Horowitz.
In keeping with our green mission, every advisory competed in the ornament contest. The ornaments are made completely from recycled materials, such as empty Snapple cans or scraps of paper. During E-Block lunch, recently many girls went from table to table, asking for empty milk cartons.
Some advisories have very intricate designs. The Barrett Advisory’s design was said to be made entirely of metal material and could possibly be mobile.
Other advisories, like Ms Guo’s, used what was lying around their advisory or brought in materials.
Students around the school enjoyed themselves while competing.
“I liked it because we didn’t have independent reading,” said freshman Travis Dove.
Not only were the students enthusiastic about the competition, the advisors were just as thrilled.
“We’re in it to win!” said senior advisor, Ms. Garcia, who refused to show her G-block class what her advisory made before the competition.
But why a dragon of all things? Since our school first opened, the dragon has always been the mascot, so the hope was to show off school pride.
The winning advisories were, Mr. Barret’s senior advisory, Mrs. Emerson’s junior advisory, Ms. Guo’s sophomore advisory, and the Stefanski and Packowski advisories for the freshmen.
