Walkathon 2018!
Posted By pamelamyers on October 19, 2018
The school held its annual walkathon and it was a beautiful day! Every year the kids walk after the fundraiser for the school. It is always a huge success and the kids love it!
Even though they are supposed to walk as a class, it turns into a free for all very quickly. Sam found her friends Giselle and Alaina pretty quickly. I really want her to make new friends this year, but it is early yet and so she was happy to see familiar faces.
The school mascot, the Cougar, was walking too and a bunch of kids cornered him for a photo!
After the kids walked, they all sat and watched the teachers. There was a new game this year, Operation Cougar Drop, where you could buy a ping pong ball for $5 and the balls would be dropped off the roof by the principal while teachers tried to catch them in buckets labelled with dollar amounts. If your ball went into a bucket, you won! Here is Sam and her friend, Layla, waiting to see if they hit it big!
Miss McCray tried her best and I think she got quite a few balls. The kids were all cheering their teachers on!
It was such a fun day. I always volunteer to “work”, not that there is much to do, because that way I am allowed on the field with the kids. It is such a blast!
**Update: They raised$35, 194.00! That is way above their goal and almost $5,000 more than last year. Sam won $10 in Operation Cougar Drop and also came home with other fundraising prizes like a free yearbook, a few homework passes, free treat at lunch, and her all time favorite prize…getting to put her handprint on the Wall of Fame in the cafeteria. She wanted that so badly, and now she will be on the wall! Go Sam!
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