Chapin High School hosted a Halloween themed door contest for MAST teachers in an effort to get students and staff excited for the holiday as well as for fall break.

Teachers were challenged with decorating their door in a manner that was both engaging and creative. Four MAST classes were selected as winners. Dr. Hill, Ms. Rangel, Ms. Alderman, and Mr. Wagner. 

The winners all had different approaches in designing their doors. Dr. Hill made her door creepy, by hanging up a sign reading “Help us” and putting haunted caution tape and bats on her windows. 

Ms. Rangel turned her door into a smiling creepy clown.

 Ms. Alderman incorporated the Chapin High School administration into her door, with photos of administrators as zombies and vampires as well as a sign reading “Who needs Halloween? Everyday is scary at CHS”.

Mr. Wagner has two doors, both of which were creative. One door showed Jack Skellington from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the other door had a sign that read “What’s brewing in the Wagner/wash kitchen?” with a photo of a witches pot and all of the student’s names of the class being placed in bubbles over the pot. 

When asked which doors they liked the best, students provided a variety of responses. Freshman Lauren Derrick said, “My favorite Halloween decorated door was Dr. Hill’s in the math hall because of how realistic the decorations were.”

 Sophomore Gracen Deaton said, “my favorite Halloween decorated door was Dr. Hill’s in the math hall because of how realistic the decorations were.”

Junior Katharine Wiggs said, “I loved the whole idea of the door competition. I thought that it was so fun getting to participate in a mast class activity that was a competition! My favorite door was Mr. Wagner, I loved the spider webs and the creativity put into the door.” 

Contributing Carolann Derrick and Hannah Niver