Education
A Beautiful Day In The Field
Published: Jul 10, 2014 12:00 am
Just a few days before they cheered for the end of the school year, Middle Gate Elementary School students spent the day cheering for each other during the annual daylong day in the sun that is Field Day.
Having been postponed from a rainy June 13, all of the school’s students and most faculty members instead spent a sunny Monday, June 16, outdoors at the Cold Spring Road school.
At least ten activity stations were set up in the playground and field areas behind the school, and students were able to participate at each one. The Buddy Walker Relay was not only a challenge for pairs of students against other teams, but also a study in coordination.
Each class had its own color scheme and had adopted team names. Molly Moran and Cooper Hider were the sign holders on June 16 for the class who were The Purple Nightmares. In the background, classmates were playing a fishing game with a wading pool.
Skyler Howard concentrates during the Sponge Race. Children had to wet a sponge from a bucket of water on one side of their section of playground, then run about ten yards and squeeze the water into a gallon jug, all while racing teams of other children doing the same thing. The object was to be the first team to fill the jug with water.
Children in Mrs Compton’s class watch as classmates continue gently tossing water balloons back and forth.
Tori Lewis closes on in a stack of cups while competing in Speed Stack Relay while other members of Mrs Boff’s class look on.
A very traditional field day event, scooter races had pairs of students rolling across a section of playground, racing against three other teams.