Great Oak 'Baby Sharks' Paint Winning Picture For The Color Blaster

DANVERS, MA — The Color Blaster — a paintbrush that allows for the use of all the primary colors in one brush, making it more convenient and easier to clean up — was the winning ticket for the Great Oak Elementary School "Baby Sharks" team in Tuesday night's battle of the Danvers elementary schools.

Three members of the Danvers High School DECA program organized the event that began with fourth-grade teams from each of the elementary schools going through a seven-week program before a competition to select the top two from each school to go on to Tuesday night's townwide showdown.

More than 200 parents, families and friends showed up in the middle school auditorium to hear the pitches with the Great Oak team of Kenzie Coleman, Luiza da Silva Muniz, Cameron Tat, Brady Trupiano and Ava Maples coming up with the winning design and pitch for The Color Blaster.

Fourth-year DHS DECA students Aundrea Gaudino, Molly Godfried and Lucas Landry were the project managers for the Baby Sharks competition as part of their final DECA project.

Earlier this fall, Danvers Public Schools received a $50,000 Innovation Pathways Implementation and Support Grant from the Mass. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, allowing for enhanced programming and increased collaboration between schools.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)