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<p>DALLAS &#8212; Snowmen, the Grinch and even Elsa from Frozen grace the halls of Wycallis and Dallas elementary schools this December.</p><p>The characters are showing up on elaborately decorated classroom doors as part of a fundraiser organized by Dallas Senior High School freshman Courtney Moss, of Shavertown.</p><p>The fundraiser will benefit Madi Carlsson, a Dallas Middle School student whom Moss met through the Dallas Middle School Drama Club.</p><p>&#8220;I heard about Sight for Madi and wanted to help,&#8221; Moss said.</p><p>Twelve-year-old Madi was born with optic nerve hypoplasia, the underdevelopment of optic nerves, and is legally blind.</p><p>Fundraisers across the Back Mountain have been held to help Madi&#8217;s family purchase $15,000 eSight eyewear that will correct her 2600/20 vision to 20/10 vision.</p><p>The classroom door-decorating fundraiser started when school resumed after the Thanksgiving holiday.</p><p>Elementary teachers paid $5 to participate, Moss said. Then, students, faculty and staff dropped a quarter into a small plastic container outside each classroom to &#8220;vote&#8221; for their favorite door.</p><p>In total, there are 70 classroom doors decorated, Moss said.</p><p>&#8220;There are 36 in Wycallis Elementary and 34 in Dallas Elementary,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Voting began this week and will go until Friday.&#8221;</p><p>Moss estimates $350 has been raised to date, but voting is continuing. First-place winners at each elementary school will receive a ribbon, she said.</p><p>Teachers and students clearly had fun with the fundraiser. The kindergarten hall in Wycallis Elementary School was themed around gingerbread men and gingerbread houses.</p><p>Other classrooms were unique with their choices and designs with one door featuring a snowman made from frosted plastic cups.</p><p>Students found choosing just one to vote for was difficult.</p><p>Kindergarten student Malachi Gove, 5, had a hard time voting for his favorite on Monday.</p><p>He chose the Elf on the Shelf and a snowman.</p><p>Moss saw the doors at Wycallis Elementary School for the first time Monday and said, &#8220;I like them all.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Honestly, I did not think as many teachers would get involved,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I was told by the teachers that I brought the holiday spirit back to the school. I guess they (the students) weren&#8217;t feeling the holiday spirit this year.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">A hallway in Wycallis Elementary School is shown decorated by the kindergarten class. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/web1_TDP122015Doors2-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>A hallway in Wycallis Elementary School is shown decorated by the kindergarten class. </caption0><photoCredit0>Sean McKean | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/web1_TDP122015Doors3-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">A snowman is decorated on a fifth-grade classroom door at Wycallis Elementary School in Dallas. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/web1_TDP122015Doors3-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>A snowman is decorated on a fifth-grade classroom door at Wycallis Elementary School in Dallas. </caption1><photoCredit1>Sean McKean | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Eileen Godin</p><p>egodin@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Eileen Godin at 570-991-6387 or on Twitter @TLNews.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Classroom doors in Dallas elementary schools decorated for holiday; students vote for favorites as fundraiser