The last two years during the holidays at West Branch, Student Government has planned elaborate and student-motivating holiday class competitions that encourage school spirit and charitable donation. Because of the success from last year’s Reindeer Games class competition, Student Government has decided to yet again coordinate a holiday contest for grades 9-12 to participate in.
This year the competition has a new name of Misfit Mayhem, inspired by the movie, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the island of Misfit Toys. This competition will begin on Tuesday, December 10th and end on Thursday, December 19th. During the first week, Tuesday to Friday, students are to bring in food bank donations for points. Depending on need and price of the items brought in, the points awarded to that class can vary. The list of food donations and the points they are worth are listed below:
Cereal=7 points
Canned meat=3 points
Canned fruit=3 points
Canned pasta=3 points
Peanut butter=3 points
Jelly=3 points
Instant Oatmeal (box of 10)=3 points
Canned veggies=1 point
Boxed mac and cheese=1 point
6 pack of Ramen=1 point
NO EXPIRED PRODUCTS WILL COUNT
During the second week, Monday the 16th to Thursday the 19th, students are to bring in donations for the SPCA. Again, the points awarded to the grade for items brought in can vary depending on the price and need of the item. The list of SPCA donations and the points they are worth are listed below:
Dog and cat beds=10 points
Bagged dog food—Purina One=10 points
Kong toys for dogs=10 points
Canned kitten food (12 pack) =8 points
Blankets=5 points
Peanut butter=3 points
Large jugs of bleach=2 points
Paper towels (1 roll)=1 point
Along with donating to charities for points, another way of receiving points is by finding holiday cards in the building each day. Starting on Wednesday, December 10th to Thursday, December 19th, ten misfit characters will be hidden daily throughout the high school. The business hall, cafeteria hall and C wing halls are all included in the searching boundary. Cards will not be hidden in classrooms and will not be in the middle school area of the building either. Students can search through the halls in their free period looking for the misfit toys. If a card is found, return it to Mrs. Hanslovan’s room, 157, to receive the points.
At the end of the second week, the points for each grade will be counted and the top two classes with the most points will participate in the Friday assembly before Christmas vacation against a select teacher team. The three teams will then compete in the Misfit Mayhem relay and one will be crowned the champions.
