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UCA ASB Encourages Christmas Joy

By Tamara Michalenko Terry, January 08, 2017

For the past two years, Associated Student Body (ASB) officers at Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash., have decorated the Campbell Administration Building for Christmas. Bright lights and homemade decorations greeted students as they walked from class to class.

This past holiday, the ASB organized a door-decorating contest. From candy cane forests to paper fireplaces and garland wreaths, each door showcased the talents of many students helping their teachers decorate. Who knew paper could be utilized with such detail?

“We knew it would be hard to choose the winner,” says John Spano, UCA history teacher and ASB sponsor. “So we had all the students vote. It has been exciting to watch the students getting into the decorating contest. Students are already saying that this should become a tradition.”

See photos of the decorated doors on Upper Columbia Academy’s Facebook page or website www.ucaa.org.

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The cafeteria staff and student workers creatively use paper cups to decorate the door to the Davis Fireside Room in the Wallace Dining Commons.

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