This Thursday night, Nov. 8, as a part of DECA week, the 10th annual DECA JumpOff will be held in the FHN gym. At 6:30 p.m. the freshman and sophomore team will tip off against the junior team. The seniors will face off against the undefeated 9-0 faculty at 7 p.m. A percentage of proceeds will be given to charity.

“It’s for a good cause,” DECA Adviser Melissa Trochim said. “The students get to root on your class, and you never know, you might be there when the seniors finally beat the undefeated faculty.” Senior Andy Bartell thinks this year will be different, and this will be the year the seniors finally turn things around and beat the faculty.

“I think we can win,” Bartell said. “It’ll just be pretty tough, I think it’s time for the teacher’s reign to come to an end.”

The Jump-Off is $3 to attend but if a student brings in a canned food item it will only be $2. All of the cans raised during the Jump-Off will be donated to a local food pantry which will be decided on after the newly added can sculpture contest

Also during DECA week the first ever can sculpture contest will be held. Each department collected cans Oct. 23- Nov. 2 and are currently building sculptures which will be completed Nov. 7.

“I think more people will participate now because it’s more of a team effort than individual effort.” The principals will choose the winner by whoever collects the most cans and builds the best sculpture. After the contest, all the cans will be donated to local food pantries.

“Each department gets to choose their charity so we will be able to help out nine charities instead of one,” DECA adviser Mike Freedline said. “And the sculptures will make the students more excited about the food drive and will get more cans donated.”

Each day of DECA week will have a different theme. Today’s theme is fake an injury, Wednesday is dress for success, Thursday is class colors and Friday is DECA T-shirt day.DECA week is held annually and is a chance to introduce DECA to the underclassman.

“It’s an opportunity for everybody to participate in the action,” Trochim said, “and it’s a chance for the younger students to learn about DECA.”