Pike focuses his classroom decorations around student work. Pike posts student work around his classroom to hopefully inspire his students to explore and find their kind of work. “I think it encourages them and inspires them hopefully to do their own kind of work like that to have high quality work that they can be proud of,” Pike said.

Within the 900 building at Granite Bay High School, the hallway to Jerome Pike’s classroom, the photography teacher, plasters his student’s most significant work on the wall. “This being a photo class where the medium is very visual, of course you want to put up student work right? So, not only does it give credit to people who have worked, who have… done some good work and accomplished… something, but it also kind of stands as an example… of what good photography is,” said Pike.

Within the right side of McCann’s classroom, a wall is dedicated to English teaching and words to avoid when writing. McCann’s classroom is decorated with tips for her students whenever they are writing. “I think they’re tools, right? And so… if they’re on the wall, they’re readily available, right and also I think that it helps to… for the Dead Wall and the Survivor (Wall),” McCann said. “So it’s kind of like having notes, but they’re permanently available.”

Scattered throughout McCann’s classroom are posters, books, and props related to McCann’s class content and her personality. “I think it has to do with how we as teachers learn. And so I think we create a room that we would want to be in if we were students,” McCann said.

Displayed at the front of the classroom, McCann’s wall has posters from her students. Above is the Survivor Wall where a variety of words are displayed to strengthen student writing. “The only challenge is there’s not enough room to put up everybody’s student work and so sometimes we do little visuals and little posters, and it’s just not enough room to put up everything,” McCann said.

Student-made posters are displayed on the right side of Haflich’s classroom, highlighting her students’ work. “I like to highlight student work as well and… things that are going on in our community or in the world. Maybe months of celebrations or honoring,” Haflich said.

A tapestry of turtles is featured on the wall, one of Haflich’s favorite animals and a Black History Month project is shown on the left from Haflich’s Leadership class. “Turtles are my favorite animal, hence why there’s turtles everywhere. And I do think I put that stuff up to… inspire kids that traveling is a wonderful thing,” Haflich said.

Behind Meghan Haflich’s desk are notes, pictures, and memories. Behind these decorations, Haflich holds fond memories of and it reflects on who she is as a teacher. “So behind my desk I think gives a good… reflection of kind of where I’ve been (and) what I’ve done. There’s pictures from my very first year (of) student teaching when I was, you know, 22 years old, the alien that one of my students made for me,” Haflich said.

Scattered throughout Westberg’s classroom walls are political signs advertising a candidate or political memes. “I got the (Kevin) Kiley one (sign) from my student who was working on Kiley’s campaign, and then as soon as I put that up there, then someone who was pro his opponent (Kermit Jones) gave me the Kermit sign, which is the Dr. Kermit one,” Westberg said.

An Andrew Yang political sign and three flags are displayed on the wall. The flags, from left to right, are a Donald Trump flag, Don’t Mess with Texas flag, and a Bernie Sanders flag.

Jarrod Westberg, the AP government teacher at Granite Bay High School, decorates his classroom with a variety of political related content that was given to him by his former students. The cardboard cutout of Ron Desantis, the governor of Florida, is inscribed with the date he dropped out of the presidential race for the GOP nomination. “For a politics class… having all this stuff that I have in my room is all stuff that students have given me over the years. I want them to understand, like, politics is more than just their view,” Westberg said.

Decorated within Pike’s room is a variety of eye-catching photos that employ what good photography looks like. “Photography is always eye-catching and eye appealing, especially when you look up there, and you’re like, students did this work, not a professional,” Pike said.