UPDATE: Morristown HS Students Battle with Paint and Boats

Four teams comprising of 2-3 students each had one hour to paint. Afterwards, the audience voted with yells and claps. This year, Team Rex came out on top.

Team Rex was made up of Sophomore Helen Burgess, Juniors Chrissy Coon and Sydney Prusso.

The art battle was led by Teaching Artist and Mentor Brad "Bisco" Smith of Arts by the People and DJ FlaminGosis brought the music. Arts by the People also hosted the wall art, in which students got their photo taken holding up a written word or phrase. Their photo was then pasted to a cardboard wall throughout the week.

Over in the pool, Jack Rizzo, who teaches 3D CAD and engineering design, was prepping his six teams for the boat race. The students designed and created boats and were timed from one end of the pool and back. The white boat won with a time of 47.1 seconds. Student James Reilly was credited by teammates Brian and Connor as the lead of the team.

“It took us about three weeks to make the boat with designing it and building it,” said Reilly, a senior at MHS. “We used this thing called liquid nails to keep it all together.”

The teams had to touch both ends of the pool with their hand to make it count.  

“It feels pretty good (to win). I took a dive at the end to win it,” said Reilly, referring to his move at the finish line to touch the side of the pool, which cost their team their boat. The boat fell apart at the end. “Wish (the boat) it could have stayed together.”

“We do this every year,” said Rizzo. “I’ve been doing this for about 10 years now

We usually do it during school near the end of the year. It’s a lot of fun.” 

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