By: Nehitha Jayakumar
Last week, WEHS’s Student Council held our very first Clubhouse decorating competition in the commons. Various clubs from our school such as FBLA, Drama Club, and Spanish Honor Society came together to decorate “gingerbread houses” (pre-made out of cardboard) with candy, chocolate, frosting, and other edible items. Despite this being the first year that the event was run, over twenty-two teams/clubs competed giving them a great turnout.
Diving more into how the event was organized, each club or team were to select 3-4 individuals to participate in decorating the gingerbread houses. Basic materials such as frosting, gumdrops, peppermint candies, and the house itself were provided. However, teams were expected to use their creativity to bring in unique decorations to deck their houses. The creativity of WEHS’s students with this event was evident through the use of materials like Cinnamon Crunch Toast for roof shingles, dried coconut as snow, and Kit-Kat bars as doors. The only rule for decorating the houses was that the decorations must not give away the club or team which it was made by. After finishing the decorations the teams were to come up with a unique festive name for their gingerbread houses, as they would be displayed in front of their houses and seen by students when they vote for the best house. Again, students brought their creativity by coming up with creative names for their houses such as The Winter Escape, Snowed In, Senior Home, and a Lit Christmas.
After the competition on Tuesday the club houses were displayed in front of the main office on the second for students to view as they made their way around the school. Students were able to vote for their favorite clubhouse on a Google Form by scanning a QR Code.
Results were released at the end of the week on Friday and Drama Club and Chorus claimed victory for their houses. We hope to see the clubhouse decorating competition return to East next year.