Although this year’s Spirit Week Banner Contest ended with a victorious Junior class, the work put into every grade’s poster by students is a process to be appreciated regardless who comes out on top. 

For the contest, each grade chooses a class theme, and students then work together to create a large banner to showcase in the cafeteria for the remainder of the year. The poster has to follow the class’s theme and colors, and must also be an original design. This is an opportunity for students to demonstrate their artistic abilities and school spirit.

The banners are judged by faculty, staff, and administration based on creativity and how well it relates to the class theme. The best poster wins points that contribute to the Spirit Week score.

Students had been coming after school since the end of September right up until Spirit Week to demonstrate their class spirit through their art, designs, and most importantly their teamwork.

“The kids all have to figure out ways to work together and collaboratively to match our theme for spirit week,” sophomore class advisor Karen Gill said. “It helps build our community and our spirit for school activities. It helps bring different kids together at different points in their high school career.”

Working together on the class banners allows students to contribute equally to a meaningful project that reflects their creativity and school pride.

Our winning banner made by the juniors shows Darth Vader and the lion having a lightsaber battle with their theme “Junior Jedi”. 

“We think it’s so much fun and we really try to get our class very engaged,” junior class president Eliana Joshi said. “We want to get as many people involved as possible.”

The sophomore class had lightning bolts across their poster to portray the theme of “Sophomore Storm.” A lion is shown heroically standing on a rock.

The senior banner, only worked on by two amazing artists, shows the theme “Senior Sandlot” with our lion playing catcher during a game of baseball. 

The freshmen worked extra hard on their banner, as they were only allowed white, black, and silver to work with. They cleverly worked the school’s lion into the design to fit the theme “Freshman Flames” by turning its mane into flames.

“There have been a lot of challenges with creative differences, and different perspectives,” freshman class president Eva Magnel said.