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Middle school students celebrate last full day before summer vacation
Story and photos by Natalie Lakosil
Staff Writer
Students at Colonel Smith Middle
School spent Wednesday morning hav-
ing fun in the sun as part of their out-
door field day activities.
The day wasn’t just spent outside on
four inflatable obstacle courses. Stu-
dents also had the opportunity to par-
Leona and Alina Fischer, both 14, perform a
unique song about saving the plant during the
schools talent show. The twins will be attending the morning and students followed their
Buena High School in the fall and decided to
perform a song on the importance of protect-
ing the environment because they believe it is
an important cause and something different to
sing about.
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gift card each for third place. The Parent it through the school year and to send ev-
The sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade Teacher Organization, National Junior eryone off into the summer for fun.”
students were also able to enjoy bingo, Honor Society, Student Council and the
arts and crafts and board games inside. Step It Up Club donated the prizes. The eighth grade promotion cer-
emony to high school was held Thurs-
“I think [the field day is] great,” “This is our end-of-the-year blast,” day morning which was the last day of
said sixth-grader Garran Marshall, 11, said Ruth Merrick, an eighth-grade school.
whose favorite part of the day was the teacher. “It’s to celebrate that we all made
outside activities. School’s out for the summer!
The field day activities were held in
normal lunch schedule. Afterward, they
gathered in the gymnasium to cheer on
their classmates who were performing
in the school talent show.
The 13 acts included dancing, sing-
ing and playing musical instruments.
After the talent show, students spent the
remainder of the day signing yearbooks,
listening to music and watching some
of their favorite teachers take pies in the
face.
“It’s a little nerve wracking but it’s
still pretty fun,” said Devony Martell,
12, who danced in the talent show to
“Dark Horse.” “The field day was fun,
best part was either the pie-in-the-face
for teachers or the jumping castles.”
The individual winners of the talent
show won $30 for first place, $25 for
second place and a $15 Visa gift card for
third and fourth place. The group win-
ners won $30 each for first place, $20
each for second place and a $15 Visa
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