Wednesday, December 14, 2016

BEST BUDDIES GINGERBREAD HOUSE COMPETITION

By JOHN STEINMANN

Washingtonville High School’s Best Buddies Club just hosted its annual gingerbread house building competition before school on Tuesday, December 13th. For this competition, the students involved broke into teams of approximately four or five and were assigned one “buddy” per team. Each team  then sat at a table in the small cafeteria and was given the task of constructing a marvelous, not to mention delicious, gingerbread house from scratch. Last year, the winner  of the competition was Kaylah Ramos’ team with it’s creative design, and this year the winner was Morgan McCue’s team. 

JOHN STEINMANN FOR WIZARD WEEKLY
The Best Buddies Club was started in September of 2008 by a former student named Amy Rynn, but the gingerbread house building competition has only been around for about seven of those years. One wonderful lady that has been around since the inception of the club is Ms. Angelillo, but most simply call her Ms. A. Ms. A. said that the reason the club started up in the first place was that, “It builds relationships with kids outside of our room.” Students from all grades can join the club and get involved in something bigger than themselves.  Another teacher who helps with the program, Ms. Polo, had a similar response when asked why she believes the Best Buddies Club.  She said, “Seeing the smiles on the kids’ faces and how happy they are really makes my day.” 

Meetings are held once a month in the small cafeteria at 6:45 where breakfast is served. Everyone volunteers to bring one item to contribute to the breakfast, and everyone can eat while doing the activity that is planned for that particular day. If you are thinking of participating in the Best Buddies Club, stop by room 154 and meet the students. Listen for announcements to learn about upcoming Best Buddies’ events or follow @BestBuddies2015 on Twitter for updates.


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