This year’s My Favorite Scarecrow Sculpture Contest entries are scheduled to go on display at Newtown Middle School this weekend, starting the evening of October 23, on the front lawn of the school, 11 Queen Street.

Each year NMS eighth grade students are challenged to design and create a larger-than-life scarecrow that can withstand the elements. Students and community members cast their votes for their favorites in dollar donations. The money generated during the voting period is then split among the three top vote-getters and donated to the charities of the winners’ choice.

Scarecrow entries will be installed between the evening of Friday, October 23, and the morning of Saturday, October 24.

Ballots for the contest will be available at NMS in person Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25, from 10 am until 5 pm, and are available here to print out, clip out, and submit with each vote and the accompanying $1 donation.

Scarecrows will start to be removed from the front lawn at the school Sunday evening, and all will be completely removed by Thursday, October 29. Voting is open through October 29, and votes can also be dropped off at The Newtown Bee’s office at 5 Church Hill Road or at NMS’s B-Wing office during business hours.