After finding out a few weeks ago that our power would be out all day at school, yesterday the elementary school headed out on their first field trip of the year. The entire school loaded up into buses and headed downtown to a park to experience an organized all-school field day. The teachers organized and facilitated games and activities in the traditional American Summer Camp style which challenged the students and encouraged them to try new activities. Even though the students were able to play kickball, hula hoop, compete in Tug-O-War, play games like "Sharks and Minnows," "Blob Tag," and "Capture the Flag," run relay races, and more, the overall, hands-down winner and star of the day was the time spent at the good, old-fashioned playground. Nearly 95% of the students had never been on a swing nor slide. The pure joy that they experienced from sailing down the slide (post teacher lesson on "how to slide" and "slide etiquette" mind you) was worth all the stress, sweat, and tears that the staff invested into the day.
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| A 4th grader demonstrating the two arm hula-hoop move. |
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| Serious Tug-O-War. (Note, we got in trouble from police for actually stepping on the grass at a public park!) |
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| The clothes/layers are not due to the chilly mid 70's morning we were having but rather to keep all parts of the body covered from the sun so as to not become "dark and ugly." |
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| A first grader on her first ever slide-ride. |
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| Thank you, Camp Orkila, for endless hours of games that don't quite make sense but sure are fun to play. |
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| Heidi with a group of happy students on their Government mandated "boxed-milk-with-sugar-and-preservatives" snack break. |
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