As you probably know, this year I was voted class president. One of my jobs as president is to help prepare for our banquets and parties.  As spring approached so did the Spring Banquet.  Most often our banquets are held in hotels, however this year, we thought that a great way of saving money, and changing it up, would be to hold it at the school.  However, we didn’t know what we were signing up for… It is a big job to transform the school auditorium into a “ballroom!”  After much deliberation we settled on a theme, Board Games.  As we started to brainstorm, the ideas came together very nicely.  However the execution is a whole different story!  Over half of our decoration ideas included the use of styrofoam.  For almost a week we couldn’t find styrofoam anywhere. Finally, the week before the banquet we found a place that would print directly on styrofoam!  Preparation for the banquet that week was a mad scramble! I stayed at least 2 hours every day after school to paint, cut, and tape.  The day of I spent ten hours, from 8:30am to 5:00pm decorating.  When we were finished, all the hard work was worth it! From the hanging cards on the ceiling, to the giant face card paintings, to the 5ft candy cans and lollipops (for the Candyland board game), to the awesome center pieces (made by yours truely); it was amazing! It was a ton of fun to prepare for, (surprisingly), and even more fun to host.  Many of the older grades told me it was the best banquet they had ever had.