Students build gingerbread houses and holiday cheer

Equipped with icing, candy and plenty of imagination, students across the district celebrated the last few weeks before holiday break by decorating gingerbread houses. 

Elm Creek Elementary School

At Elm Creek on Dec. 18, third graders assembled and decorated gingerbread houses with the help of their teachers and parent volunteers. The students secured candy canes, Twizzlers, jelly beans and gumdrops to their houses with icing, sneaking a taste every once and awhile. 

Fernbrook Elementary School

There was plenty of icing to go around when kindergarteners at Fernbrook were joined by their families on Dec. 19 to build and decorate gingerbread houses. Some students went with a more traditional house, while others used their architecture skills to build elaborate additions with graham crackers, icing, gumdrops, Twizzlers and more. 

Park Brook Elementary School

Second graders at Park Brook let their creativity and holiday spirit fly on Dec. 19 while they decorated their gingerbread houses with family members and friends. The decorators used an assortment of Skittles, chocolate chips, pretzels, Smarties, marshmallows and cereal to make their houses unique.

Rush Creek Elementary School

On Dec. 11, kindergarteners at Rush Creek assembled their gingerbread houses with the help of parent volunteers using milk cartons, graham crackers and icing. The kindergarteners decorated their houses the next day, joined by their fifth grade buddies who helped them choose the best candy, pretzels, cereal and marshmallows from a large pile to use to decorate their houses.