Shoveling in front of Wiscasset Middle High School Friday, sophomore Trinin Jeffrey, in orange-rimmed sunglasses, and a few of his classmates had a plan.

“We’re going to make this lump of snow into a crown, somehow,” he said. “We’ll do it.”

Together, in the cold, the sun and an occasional wind, they did.

Other students sculpted in the snow nearby. Over at the track, some competed in a human version of dog-sled racing.

Heading back from the races, sophomore Sarah Foley said, “I got snow all over my pants. And I’m freezing now. But it was awesome,” she added.

Inside, students played ping pong in the library, floor hockey and some made-up games in Stover Auditorium, and walked from one activity to another in painted faces.

Foley had painted a king’s and queen’s crowns on either side of her face.

Feb. 12 was the last and biggest day of Winter Carnival week. It’s social studies teacher Mary Ellen Bell’s favorite annual event, because the students organize it and the adults are just there to supervise the fun, she said.

Bell was holding a carton of eggs for an upcoming egg toss.

A participant in the frozen t-shirt contest wound up with a blister from the experience. Showing the Wiscasset Newspaper her hand, Principal Peg Armstrong said, “Nothing serious. It’s all fun.”

Unlike the other t-shirts used, the one she got had not been microwaved. It was like a block of ice, Armstrong said.

The winter carnival dates to the school’s years as Wiscasset Academy, WMHS technology coordinator Deb Pooler said.

“It’s something that’s stayed alive all these years. The kids love it. The teachers love it. It’s a chance for them to work together and see each other in different lights than what they’ve usually seen each other in,” Pooler said. “So it’s ... great team-building ... a day filled with a lot of excitement and a lot of camaraderie, which is really good.”

Freshman Sydnie Thayer and junior Alex Hendrickson played ping pong. Both said a battle of the bands had been their favorite part of the day.

Seventh and graders, who joined the school as part of Wiscasset’s consolidation in 2015, had their fun next door at Wiscasset Community Center.

“It was a great way to allow the continuation of the separate traditions enjoyed by each school throughout the years,” Pooler said about using two venues.

The seventh and eighth grades’ student council sponsored the day at the center; the high school student council funded the one at the school, Pooler said.