WOODBURY — When Nonnewaug’s administrators arrived at the office Dec. 16 they walked into a winter wonderland.
The National Art Honors Society put this together. The art students came to Nonnewaug on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to decorate the hallways and the office.
Assistant principal Suzi Greene feels this adds some fun holiday spirit to Nonnewaug before break.
“I thought it was awesome,” Greene said. “Dr. [Mykal] Kuslis’s room was decorated for his 40th birthday, which was very nice. Then you walk into Mr. [Declan] Curtin’s room and it’s totally wrapped. I thought it was hilarious, and then you walked into my door, which was also wrapped. I think it definitely adds to the spirit of trying to enjoy ourselves and have a little bit of fun while we’re still getting work done before the last week before we leave for break.”
National Art Honor Society officer Reagan Lapointe said that the art program wanted to spread holiday cheer throughout Nonnewaug.
“We wanted to spread Christmas cheer and give everybody something fun to look at when they come to school,” said Lapointe.
Curtin, an assistant principal, appreciated this gesture of creativity from the art students.
“The kids and the elves are at it again,” Curtin said. “I am appreciative of that because it shows that we like to have fun and like to have school spirit. So for me, it was an enjoyable experience when I opened my door.”
The art students thought it would be funny to add a little extra to Curtin’s office, wrapping every single object.
“I thought it would be really funny if he came in after a weekend, not being able to use any of his stuff because it was wrapped,” sophomore Greta Addeo said. “We wrapped his pens and pencils and made his life pretty difficult on a Monday, which was pretty funny. I think it’s really funny and it’s festive and we hunt spoons in his room and he loved it.”
Curtin loved the idea of spoons being incorporated.
“I also thoroughly enjoyed the spoon aspect,” said Curtin. “That’s the first time I’ve seen that. It touched me deeply.”
