The students of St. Elizabeth Regional School, 433 Pershing Blvd., Fullerton, and transported the school throughout the decades with a door-decorating contest as part of the Catholic Schools Week celebration. The school was provided an outline of themed days for the week by the Allentown Diocese but was able to design the details for each day.

Catholic Schools Week officially began Feb. 1 and celebrated the communities for the entire week. Catholic Schools Week was going so well, the school decided to continue the celebration the next week with activities and events.

On Feb. 8, the students were allowed to dress in their favorite sports team colors, and a coin war among all grades was initiated. Proceeds earned from this friendly competition were donated to Mary’s Shelter, a housing and social service agency that addresses pregnancy, parenting and youth homelessness. The fifth-grade class won with $600 raised.

On Feb. 9, the students celebrated one another by being goofy and modeling crazy hair, hats or socks. The children also played a schoolwide game of bingo with Principal Kim Kocher over the loudspeaker and competed for real dollar bills as their prize, but the whole school went home winners when a no-homework rule was announced for the day.

A celebration of vocations was designed to overlay the student’s weekly Mass service Feb. 10. During this special service, the students received a Blessings of the Throat for the Feast of St. Blaise. The day also hosted a sale on dress down day passes that could be used throughout the year. The passes were $1 with a 10-ticket limit. The earnings from this fundraiser raised $1,000 to benefit the St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church.

One of the most anticipated days was Feb. 11, the celebration of the nations. Each grade had to decorate its classroom door based on a decade in the American history timeline.

The decorating events continued, and students were able to dress up to match their classroom’s decade Feb. 16. This event had to be rescheduled from the Feb. 12 date in the original Catholic Schools Week schedule due to snow.

The competition was fierce with vibrant doors lining the hallways and students dressed in costumes. First-grade’s 1920s theme featured a student dressed up in a “votes for women” costume as women’s right to vote was passed during this decade. Second-grade students pulled out their bright pink leg warmers and tutus for their 1980s party. Fifth grade brought out the plaid and denim for its rad 1990s moment. Eighth-grade students welcomed the Wizard of Oz cast as well as a gangster boy and girl for their step back into the 1930s.

Although each classroom convinced Kocher she had been transported through time, there could only be one winner. The sixth-graders’ 1970s-themed door won the competition with a groovy display of historical facts and personalized Polaroid photos.