Thursday was the big day that the third graders had been training for for the past four days. The three third grade classes entered the pool area cheering and screaming sporting their assigned team colors of red, orange, and yellow. I loved seeing the competitiveness and team spirit that each team showed for their respective class as each team was called up, one by one, to line up behind their boats. My job was to stand in the water and make sure that the boats didn't crash into each other and that the kids didn't spin or float too far off of the path they were supposed to follow. As the siren sounded and the race stared the water and the stands errupted into massive chaos. Oars were flailing violently and kids were screaming and cheering as loud as they could. Meanwhile i was frantically trying to help out as many boats as I could because most of the kids were more focused on speed rather than staying straight. However despite all the chaos the Boat races went extremely well and all three teams finished in a timely manor and most importantly the third graders had a blast!
After the boat races were done I helped Mrs. Pavlik teach two kindergarten swim classes both of which consisted of me giving the kids rides, two at a time, in the dragon boats used in the regatta. After that Mrs. Kahn surprised me and gabby, who had been working at the lower school on and off during her project, and decided to take us out to lunch at California Pizza Kitchen! Finally after lunch we returned to the middle school to finish off the day with the Walk for Diabetes taking two laps around the school (inside because it was raining) and meeting in the Cafeteria for Popsicles afterwards. It was a great end to an awesome day!
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