Who has what it takes to create the spookiest door at Bay View? Do you have what it takes?
On Oct. 31, Bay View students and staff decorated classroom doors and dressed up to celebrate Halloween.
While many took part in decorating, the event also brought the school together and showed there is a lot of creative talent at Bay View High School.
Ms. Snyder said the vote count was extremely close when Student Council tallied the results, prompting her to conduct a recount to identify the top entries. She also said it was a “glory and honor” to have so many people participate.
Halloween Door Decor
The students of Room 207 at Bay View High School truly leafed their mark on this year’s Halloween Door Decorating Contest! This creative display, featuring a festive fall tree and a chilling visit from Pennywise the Dancing Clown, clinched the title of this year’s winner. (
Stephanie Snyder )
Pennywise the Dancing Clown
Students from Room 207 captured the season's spirit—and a healthy dose of fright—with their prize-winning entry into Bay View High School’s annual door decorating contest on Thursday, Oct. 31. The door, featuring a colorful autumn tree with real leaves scattered across a field of green, was recognized as one of the top three point-getters for its unsettling inclusion of Pennywise the Dancing Clown peering out from the bottom.
Mr. Ornelas combined elements from Super Mario and the movie “It,” is displayed at Bay View High School in Milwaukee, Wis., on Thursday, Oct. 31, as part of a school decorating contest. (
Stephanie Snyder )
Super Mario Meets "IT"
A creative combination of pop culture icons secured a top spot in the competition, as this door was named one of the top three point-getters in Bay View High School’s annual door decorating contest on Thursday, Oct. 31. The elaborate display featured the exterior of a stately building under a stormy sky, with Super Mario leaping over the scene, while the quote, "Hi-ya Georgie, Aren't you gonna say hello?" connected the spooky graveyard path to the movie "It."
Ms. Perrow’s Room 13 door, decorated with spooky masks, spiderwebs, and artificial autumn leaves, is pictured during Bay View High School’s annual door decorating contest in on Thursday, Oct. 31. (
Stephanie Snyder )
Spiders and Spook
The classroom door for Ms. Perrow’s Room 13 stands decorated with spooky masks, glistening spiderwebs, and artificial autumn leaves, receiving recognition as one of the top three point-getters in Bay View High School’s fiercely competitive annual door decorating contest on Thursday, Oct. 31. The multi-layered design incorporated hanging ghostly figures and dark burlap-covered masks above the doorframe, combining traditional fall elements with classic Halloween frights for the judges.
The door for Ms. Sosa’s Room 129 at Bay View High School is decorated in a Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) theme for the annual contest in Milwaukee, Wis., on Thursday, Oct. 31. Senior Mary Overland created the design, which honors the ancient Hispanic tradition and incorporates cempasúchil (marigold) flowers to represent guidance for spirits. (
Stephanie Snyder )
Dia De Los Muertos
Mary Overland, a senior at Bay View High School, stands next to her creation: the door for Ms. Sosa's Room 129, which was submitted to the school's annual decorating conteston Thursday, Oct. 31. Overland was inspired by Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), an ancient Hispanic tradition originating with the Mayans and Aztecs that honors deceased relatives. The decoration features a dancing skeleton figure, handmade paper cempasúchil (marigold) flowers. Their bright colors and scent are believed to guide spirits back to their families.
A door wrapped to resemble a mummy, created by students LaTerriona Braboy, Samya Gulley, Ke’Miah Russ, and Alaysha Shelton for Ms. Temsamani’s Room 121, is displayed during the Bay View High School Halloween door decorating contest in Milwaukee, Wis., on Thursday, Oct. 31. (
Loubaba Tewmsamani )
MUMMY'S NIGHT OUT
The door for Ms. Temsamani’s Room 121 (French) is pictured during Bay View High School’s annual door decorating contest on Thursday, Oct. 31. Students LaTerriona Braboy, Samya Gulley, Ke'Miah Russ, and Alaysha Shelton drew inspiration from the horror film "The Mummy" to create the design, which features a door wrapped entirely in white paper to resemble bandages, with glowing orange eyes and grasping black hands peering out from beneath the wrappings. The design also incorporates bats, a large spider, and a tattered ghoul hanging from the top right corner.
The door for Ms. Rocha’s Room 422 is wrapped to resemble a spooky mummy, featuring glowing eyes and spider cutouts, for the Bay View High School Halloween door decorating contest in Milwaukee, Wis., on Thursday, Oct. 31. Ms. Rocha’s fourth-hour Academic Strategies students created the decoration. (
Stephanie Snyder )
A Wrap Star: Room 422 Delivers Creative Mummy Design
The door for Ms. Rocha's Room 422 is pictured during Bay View High School’s annual door decorating contest on Thursday, Oct. 31. Students from her fourth-hour Academic Strategies class, including Jeremiah Acoff, Janasia Brister-Howell, Jamari Harris, Yosel Lopez, London Randolph, Arriana Shelton, and Elijah Wilson, created the design, which was inspired by "The Mummy." The students used paper, gauze, and press-on lights to wrap the door in white bandages and create glowing yellow eyes, adding colorful spider cutouts for creative, personal touches.
Program Support Teacher Ms. Rufer’s Room 412 door, inspired by a shipping box design from Amazon.com and featuring the words “KEEP OUT!”, is displayed for the Bay View High School Halloween door decorating contest on Thursday, Oct. 31. (
Stephanie Snyder )
rime Panic: Rufer's Door Puts a Spooky Spin on Online Shopping
The classroom door for Program Support Teacher Ms. Rufer (Room 412) is pictured during Bay View High School’s annual door decorating contest on Thursday, Oct. 31. Inspired by the popular Amazon.com shipping box design, the door features a rustic, wood-paneled background covered in black and orange warning tape, hands, and eyes. The door is framed by simulated cobwebs and bats, with the spooky words “KEEP OUT!” stenciled across the design.
Assistant Principal Mrs. Blackwell’s office door (Room 127), featuring her edited photo within a spooky Halloween collage framed by dripping blood cutouts, is displayed for the Bay View High School door decorating contes on Thursday, Oct. 31. (
Stephanie Snyder )
Assistant Principal Delivers Spooky Office Decor
The door for Assistant Principal Mrs. Blackwell's office (Room 127) is pictured during Bay View High School’s annual door decorating contest on Thursday, Oct. 31. The design incorporates a collage of spooky imagery, including the assistant principal's photo edited into a frightening character holding a skull and another figure covering its eyes, all framed by black, orange, and purple stripes. The bottom of the display features cutouts simulating dripping blood and a small ghost figure hanging from the side, adding to the door's chilling aesthetic.
Parent Coordinator Mrs. Wiggins’ door is decorated in a Ghostbusters theme for the Bay View High School Halloween door decorating contest on Thursday, Oct. 31. The design includes a figure, resembling our Principal Mr. Gaddis, dressed as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. (
Stephanie Snyder )
Ghostbusters Guard the door
The door for Parent Coordinator Mrs. Wiggins is pictured during Bay View High School’s annual Halloween door decorating contest on Thursday, Oct. 31. The door features a Ghostbusters theme, with a large cutout figure of an employee dressed as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man that incorporates Principal Mr. Gaddis' photo in the face opening. The design includes the iconic "No Ghosts" logo, the line "I ain't afraid of no ghosts," images of the green ghost Slimer, and numerous small handmade ghosts surrounding the main artwork.
