Shiny Bright Team

Christmas clearances are a great time to stock up on glitzy elements for your locker decorating. Many school colors include gold, silver or other holiday shiny colors. Keep the "team" in mind while scavenging sale racks!

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Your Booster Club Locker Committee

2009 Varsity Lockers & Halls
Kevin Fife …………….142, Hall 3, main building
Jill Meastes…………...243, Hall 2, main building
Chris Clarson………....379, Main, downstairs
Coach Dykes………….Locker room office
Matt Davis…………….3208, 1000 building-upstairs, Hall B
Abby Owens….……….3986, 2000 building-upstairs, Hall F
Jessica Phill ………….2105, 3000 building-upstairs, Hall 14
Tyler Kallsome..……....2545, 3000 building-downstairs, Hall J
Kaitlin Forke………….2578, 2000 building-downstairs, Hall K
Kalie VanSullivan…….3045, 1000 building-downstairs, Hall J
Emily Orson…………(doesn’t have a Locker; bring to match)

A locker committee is one of the easiest to run using E-mail. Collect email addresses during your booster club meeting. The parent meeting is also a good time to have everyone sign up for other committees that need volunteers. Send an e-message to the locker committee members with a list of event dates and ask them to pick the day they want to decorate for. Also include a list of school colors with mascot of your opponents. After the kids turn in their locker numbers, send out a mapped list for your decorators to follow, as shown above. It makes the hanging go so much faster, especially if your school is extra large!

Demolish Dacula

Good Job Laurie!

Google Up Inspiration!

Try Googling a word that describes what you want your opponents mascot to look like. Here... "dead cat" was input to characterize the Wild Cats. An image of a book called Dead Cats by Simon Bond came up! It will make a cute depiction on the decoration! To save an image from the Internet to your computer, just right click on the picture and follow "Save Picture As..." so it saves it to your photo file. Then you can edit the image in your photo program. Also, change the colors there to suit your team. Choose the print option that allows more than one design on a page. Finish off the design with personalizing, a Foil Award Seal and school color ribbon. Cut the ribbon 6 inches long and snip the ends on an angle. Fold the ribbon in half so both ends show and secure on the background with the seal sticker. Use a metalic marker to complete the look!

Idioms VS Cliches

An idiom is a phrase composed of words that do not literally indicate its meaning, like "put up with" meaning "tolerate". A cliche is phrase so over-used that it almost has no meaning, like "think outside the box". A euphemism is a way of substituting words to soften or otherwise alter the reality or perception of a certain condition. Examples would be saying that someone "expired" or "passed away" instead of having "died" or saying you're "between jobs" instead of just "unemployed".
Hope this gives you another idea of how to look things up on the internet so you can create unique locker decorations.

Magnet Back!

Tape? It is no fun putting up locker decorations the old fashioned way.
The best way to get the decorations up quickly is to put sticky back magnet strips on the reverse side before heading to the school. Peel back magnets can be found at a craft supply store. They come in different sizes and shapes and can be easily cut to the right amount. They are also inexpensive for budget conscience booster clubs.

Tennis Terms

Ace - a serve that is a winner without the receiving tennis player able to return the ball.
Ad court - the part of the tennis court that is to the left of the tennis players
Advantage-when a tennis player needs 1 more point to win the game after the score was deuce.
Alley - the extra area of the side court used for doubles.
ATP - stand for the Association of Tennis Professionals
Backhand - a way to swing the tennis racquet where the player hits the ball with a swing that comes across the body.
Backspin - spin of a tennis ball that causes the ball to slow down and/or bounce low.
Backswing - the motion of a swing that moves the racquet into position to swing forward and strike the ball.
Baseline - the line indicating back of the court.
Baseliner-a tennis player whose strategy is to play from the baseline.
Break - when the server loses the game
Break point - one point away from breaking serve
Chip - blocking a shot with backspin
Chip & Charge - an aggressive strategy to return the opponent's serve with backspin and move forward to the net for a volley
Chop - a tennis shot with extreme backspin. Meant to stop the ball where it lands.
Counterpuncher - another name for a player who is a defensive baseliner.
Court - the area where a tennis game is played
Crosscourt - hitting the tennis ball diagonally into the opponent's court
Cross Strings -The strings that run perpendicular to the long axis of your racquet. These generally get less wear than the main strings.
Deep - refers to a shot that bounces near the baseline verses near the net
Deuce - when the score in a game is 40 to 40.
Deuce court - the right side of the court
Double Fault - two missed serves in a row. The server will lose the point.
Doubles - a tennis game played by four players, two per side of the court.
Down the Line - hitting a tennis shot straight down the baseline
Drop shot - a strategy where the tennis player hits the ball just go over the net. It is used when the opponent is far from the net.
Drop volley - a drop shot from a volley
Fault - a service that is not in play.
First Service - the first of the two serves of a tennis ball a player is allowed. Generally the server will try a more difficult serve on the first service.
Flat - a shot with little to no spin
Follow Through - the part of the swing after the ball is hit. A good follow through is important for accuracy and power.
Foot Fault - when the server steps over the baseline while making a serve.
Forehand - a tennis swing where the player hits the tennis ball from behind their body. Often the forehand is the players best stroke.
Game Point - one point away to win the tennis game.
Grand Slam - any one of the four most prestigious tennis tournaments including the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.
Graphite -The graphite used in racquet frames is not the true graphite you would find in a pencil, but a carbon fiber that adds stiffness and strength to the plastic resin with which it is mixed to form a frame. Because of its high stiffness-to-weight ratio, graphite is the most common frame material in mid- to high-priced racquets. When a racquet is made of resin and graphite alone, it is called 100% graphite, even though it is at least 40% resin. If other materials are used, the frame is called a composite.
Grip -The grip on a racquet handle usually consists of an outer synthetic layer bonded onto padding. Leather grips are rare in current models. The grip size is measured as the length of the perimeter of the octagonal cross-section of the handle.
Groundstroke-a forehand or backhand shot made after the tennis ball bounces
Head - the top part of the racket that has the strings and is meant to hit the ball.
Hold - when the server wins the tennis game.
I-formation - a formation in doubled where the both players stand on the same side of the court prior to starting the point.
Jamming - to hit the tennis ball straight to the opponent's body not allowing them to extend the racquet to hit the ball well.
Kick Serve - a serve with a lot of spin causing the ball to bounce high
Let - when the tennis ball from a service touches the net but still lands within the service box. The server gets another try as this does not count as a fault.
Lob - a tennis shot where the ball is lifted high above the net. Can be a defensive shot in some cases, but also may cause a winner when the ball is just out of reach of the opponent, but still lands in play.
Love - zero points in a tennis game.
Main Strings -The strings that run parallel to the long axis of the racquet. The main strings carry most of the burden of biting into the ball to produce spin. Small areas on each main string tend to rub against much longer sections of the intersecting cross strings, and this concentrated friction tends to make the mains break before the crosses.
Match Point - when one tennis player only needs one more point to win the entire match
Out - any tennis ball that lands outside the area of play.
Overgrip -An overgrip or grip wrap is a thin strip of material used to cover the grip on your racquet handle. Unlike your grip, the much cheaper overgrip is meant to be used for a short amount of time, in some cases less than one full match. It can absorb sweat, improve handle traction, and add sligtly to the handle size and padding.
Passing Shot - when the tennis ball is hit such that it passes by the opponent at the net without them being able to hit the ball.
Poaching - an aggressive strategy in doubles where the tennis player at net attempts to volley a shot hit to their partner on the baseline.
Tennis Racquet - the main piece of equipment in tennis. It has a long handle and a oval shaped head with a string mesh stretched across it. It is used by the tennis player to hit the ball.
Rally - when players hit the ball back and forth to each other while the ball is landing in play.
Set Point - when a tennis player needs one point to win the set
Singles - a tennis game played by two players
Second Service - the second serve that the server is allowed after missing the first serve. This serve must be successful or the server will loose the point (called a double fault).
Serve - starts the point by the server hitting the tennis ball into the opponents half of the court
Serve & Volley - a tennis strategy where the player serves and then charges forward to the net for a volley off of the return.
Spin - rotation of the tennis ball as it moves through the air. Skilled tennis players can control the spin and, therefore, the ball's trajectory and bounce
Straight Sets - when one player wins every set in a match.
Sweet Spot -Every racquet has three different sweet spots, but in a general sense, the sweet spot is the area of the string bed that produces the best combination of feel and power. The most powerful spot on the string bed is that with the greatest coefficient of restitution. The one with least vibration is found at the node of the first harmonic. The one with least shock is found at the center of percussion.
Topspin - when the tennis ball spins forward. This can cause it to bounce higher as well as dip down quickly.
Unforced error-a missed shot by a player that was not caused by any play by their opponent.
Winner - an outstanding tennis shot that cannot be returned by the opponent.
WTA - stands for Women's Tennis Association

Folded Paper Clothing

This idea comes from the blog site:http://www.artellawordsandart.com . These cute clothes would be great in a locker decoration! You will find ideas for shirts, pants and skirts on their PDF file. Just think how cute these will look with your school colors!
http://www.artellawordsandart.com/support-files/foldedclothing.pdf

Senior Trophy

With the end of school approaching, thoughts are not only about yearbooks and testing. It's also time to think about sports banquets and trophies. Here is an idea for a Senior or Graduating Athlete, especially if the player has been invovled with the team long term. This is a swimmers plaque for a summer league swim team. The parents were contacted and all the keepsakes from years gone by were collected and striped of the name plates. All star pins were also turned over to the committee. You can see by the photo that the engraver did a fabulous job of putting everything together!

Photo Talismen

Love this Queen of the Court! SO CUTE!
Thanks for sharing!

Photo Tells The Story

You can find stationary with fun borders at office supply stores or even a discount department stores. These borders make a great backdrop for a fabulous photograph! Just use your printer and glue on the picture that show your team spirit!

Design on Word

This locker sign was designed on a word program, printed and the extras were added! Anna's name is glued on to a background and then stampped! Then attached to the top. At the bottom, the 3-D swirl is made with Beads! So- creative! Thanks again Diane!

Its Tennis Season

It is Tennis Season so many of the samples coming in are for that sport! Don't worry about your handwriting, you don't have to be an artist or a scrapbooker, just have some fun with construction paper, clipart and markers! If you can find stuff that you like on the web. . .try making photocopies of your yearbook pages from last year! Plenty of mascots and plenty of photos to "steal"!

Great Clipart

Thanks Diane Lum for the contribution!

Pink Bulldogs

Bulldogs are usually some very strong color like Red, similar to University of Georgia. If your opponents are the dogs or Dawgs, instead of making them red, try pink! On a locker decoration, your team should be the strongest color!

Spirit Slogans

Add your team name to these great suggestions!

Aim For A Victory!! -Are You Ready For The Vikings?
Beat Those Hawks! -Blue & White Attack!!
Charge Up for a Victory! -Don't Mess With The Best!!
Explode Your Spirit! -Fear Our Power!
Fight for a Win! -Get Tough Vikings!
Go Big Gold! Keep -That Vikings Spirit Up!!
Now Fear This! -Nonstop to the Top!
Our Team is Dynamite! - Refuse To Lose!
Take it to the Limit!
-The Team Of 2008 Is Ready To Attack!!
The Vikings Can't Be Stopped!!
-The Vikings Rock the House!
This Is Cowboy Country!
-There's No Stopping The Vikings!
VHS Is At The Top!! -Viking Victory!
Vikings "R" #1! -Vikings Can’t be Stopped!
Vikings have Spirit! -We've Got The Power!!
We've got Spirit! -We Won't Give Up!
We've Got The Power! -We Want Action on that Field!
We’re Victory Bound! -We’ve got the Power!
Welcome to Viking Nation! -Year Of The Vikings!!

Locker Spirit Swap

Check out our School Spirit Locker Decorating Swap on Swap-Bot.
http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/12042

Cat Cliches

Try some of these against your opponent!

Raining cats and dogs, Quick as a cat, There's more than one way to skin a cat, Let the cat out of the bag, Fat cat, Catbird seat, Cat's paw, Cat's meow, Has the cat got your tongue?, Busy as a cat on a hot tin roof, More nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs, All cats are grey in the dark, Curiosity killed the cat, Cat's pajamas, Look what the cat dragged in, While the cat's away the mice will play, The cat's whisker looking like the cat who swallowed the canary, Not enough room to swing a cat, He was on that like a pack of dogs on a three-legged cat. Like two tomcats in a gunny sack, I don't know you from adam's house cat!, Busier than a three legged cat in a dry sand box. Busier than a one-eyed cat watching two mouse holes, Looks like a black cat with a red bird in its mouth, Morals of an alley cat and scruples of a snake, A Cat has nine lives, A cheshire-cat smile!

Scrapbook Die-Cuts

Scrapbook die-cuts from craft or scrapbook stores are GREAT!

Collage Style Decoration

Just glue all parts to one paper!

Cartoons

Ask an art student at your school to draw some school spirit cartoons for your locker decorations!

Mascot Meaning

mas·cot (mās'kŏt', -kət) n.
A person, animal, or object believed to bring good luck, especially one kept as the symbol of an organization such as a sports team. [French mascotte, sorcerer's charm, mascot, from Provençal mascoto, sorcery, fetish, from masco, witch, ultimately from Medieval Latin masca, mask, specter, witch.] a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure

Word History:
A giant strutting bird leading a cheer at the homecoming game may seem a far cry from a witch fashioning a charm or spell, but these two figures are related historically in the development of the word mascot. Mascot came into English as a borrowing of the French word mascotte, meaning "mascot, charm." The English word is first recorded in 1881 shortly after the French word, itself first recorded in 1867, was popularized by the opera La Mascotte, performed in December 1880. The French word in turn came from the Provençal word mascoto, "piece of witchcraft, charm, amulet," a feminine diminutive of masco, "witch." This word can probably be traced back to Medieval Latin masca, "witch, specter." Thus for all their apparent differences, yesterday's witches and today's cuddly mascots can be seen in the same light, as agents working their respective magic to bring about a desired outcome., witch.]
http://www.wincraftschool.com/mascot.cfm/

Apply Alliteration

alliteration [(uh-lit-uh-ray-shuhn)]
The repetition of the beginning sounds of words, as in “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,” “long-lived,” “short shrift,” and “the fickle finger of fate.”

What more is there to say?

Oh, . . .How about repeating the design multiple times? A stencil would be useful, but a pattern would also work. A pattern is easier to make. Just draw the mallet out on a poster board and then cut around the design. Then place the pattern on the mallot colored paper and trace around the edge to recreate the shape. Outline with markers to finish. A bit of glitter would be nice to express the pieces flying!
Don't forget the Onomatopoeia!
PDF file coming soon!

Ten Days Until Valentines!

According to my calendar, there is 10 days to make your team Valentines and post them to the lockers to be ready for the morning of the 14th! Sorry for so many Eagles, but thats my team!

Don't Forget the Coach!

When the locker decorations are being created, whether it's assembly line or by individual volunteers, don't forget to add the coaches to the count! Post his(or her) lucky charm to the door of their room!
Spread the Spirit!
It is also fun to make charicatures of the coach! A caricature is a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person to create an easily identifiable visual likeness,using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others. It would make a great contest during the match or other event for the players who weren't busy. Use clipart websites , clipart program or old magazines to make pages of eyes, noses, mouths etc. . . Provide students with paper, scissors, and glue sticks to create coach portraits! Great for the yearbook or end of season banquet! Or Just make them into Locker Spirit Art for the next game ... "Don't Forget Coach says. . ."

This caricature was found in a Walter T. Foster book.
http://www.walterfoster.com/catalog/product.php?itemNo=HT221&cat=1060

The Bird Cliche

Here are a few Bird cliches that might help with spirit verses to ward off the opponent! :

Naked as a jaybird, Little bird told me, Kill two birds with one stone, Free as a bird, For the birds, The early bird catches the worm, Catbird seat, Are you Chicken?, Birds of a feather -flock together, Bird's-eye view, A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, A wet bird never flies at night, Eat Crow, Looks like a black cat with a red bird in its mouth, The Birds and The Bees, Flit around like a little bird, Get out of our nest, Etc. . .

Find more Cliches at:

http://www.westegg.com/cliche/

Target the Mascot

Aggression tword the opponent's mascot is the most fun way to get player's attention in a long endless hall of lockers. With the Mega High Schools these days. . .it is hard to make a statement, so go for the attack!
This duck is simple and really states the intention, but this could be used for any "foul" talisman. Don't hesitate to call this bird a Blue Jay, Eagle, Falcon, Hawk, Penguin, Parrot, Owl, Roadrunner, Rooster or Woodpecker! Instead of coloring it yellow and orange, use that school's colors! Plus, ---change the beak to fit that team's bird. You're ready to FLY!

Make Your Own Spirit Clipart

Start by finding clipart that you like, ...or ask a creative friend to doodle the sports equipment for the team. Use a copy machine or scan to repeat the designs. Make a page of designs for each of the locker committee members. Feel free to right clip on this pic and save it to your computer. It will be easy for you to print out from there! Hope this helps!

Locker Spirit

Don't Forget to Personalize with a player's name!

Plain and Simple

Even - - - plain, simple and uncomplicated designs are great!

Shipping Tag Favor

Now that it is the new year, we are already looking forward to Spring Break, Graduation and then summer. The days left at school before this time, just flys by and being ready for parties, banquets and booster events takes quiet a bit of organization. Here is a tie-on favor used for a band end of season dinner that was attached to a rose for senior moms. Be Good to your Volunteers too!

http://www.thegaragecollage.com/

Booster Club

A ''booster club'' is a group that is formed to raise money for a sports team, musical group or academic club through fundraising. They are especially popular at the high school level. These booster clubs are mostly run and organized by the parents of the students participating in these high school activities and by the fans and supporters of the activities. There are many fundraisers that are often used to support the booster club. These funds may be used to raise the money for new equipment, food & awards, locker decorating, summer camps and trip expenses to playoffs or competitions and performances. Booster club members should keep in mind that these events are for kids and it should be fun! By electing different board members each year,-your club should always have "New Blood" with fresh ideas.

The display above was from Eagles Tennis 2001. The photos are glued on to grocery store "Starbursts". The front of the star was neon orange, so the back was spray painted dark green around the edges. Use a scrapbook circle cutter or jumbo punch to cut the photographs. Make sure that the paint has cured or thoughally dried before writting the player's names. A big sharpie will write smoother on a completly dry surface.the Booster Club got permission from the school to place this Varsity display outside the Coach's room in the hall so all the students could see who made the team. Masking tape circles were used to apply finished stars to the wall.

Nose Art

Although wildly painted squadron insignia was common in World War I, true nose art did not occur until the Second World War. At the beginning of World War II, before the idea of painting an image on the skin of a plane arose, crews of the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) pasted pages from Esquire Magazine, Men Only, and Look magazine on the nose section, fuselage, and tail sections of the B-17 bombers known as Flying Fortresses. By the end of the war, there was such a demand for artists, who received up to $15.00 per aircraft, that nose art could be called an industry (Logan). The phenomenon peaked during the Second World War, but what were the reasons for this so-called "Golden Age" of nose art?

http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/militarynoseart/ww2-3.htm

Welcome

lau·re·ate /ˈlɔriɪt, ˈlɒr-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[lawr-ee-it, lor-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.
a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
2.
poet laureate. –adjective
3.
deserving or having special recognition for achievement, as for poetry (often used immediately after the noun that is modified): poet laureate; conjurer laureate.
4.
having special distinction or recognition in a field: the laureate men of science.
5.
crowned or decked with laurel as a mark of honor.
6.
consisting of or resembling laurel, as a wreath or crown.