Photo courtesy of East Islip School District
On a perfect sunny Friday, East Islip’s Timber Point Elementary School held its Summer Olympics Field Day. The May 31 event was attended by families and administrators, with retired Timber Point teaching alumni Patricia Bush and Lisa Ruland on hand to help out.
This year’s Olympic theme began in the school’s physical education classes with lessons on the origins of the Olympics in Greece, the torch lighting ceremony and how the flame is passed all over the world. This theme was also integrated into the classrooms, with each teacher choosing a country to represent their class and learn about with librarian Jamie Lyn Celeste. Art teacher Amanda Lastella created amazing flags for each country. The flags were carried onto the field to traditional Olympic fanfare as the students arrived for their stations, which represented different sports included in the summer games. Students opened the games with their own torch lighting ceremony as well.
“All of our students received a gold medal for their hard work in preparing and learning about the Summer Olympics, as they gave it their all on the field,” physical education teacher Diane Wahrenburg said.
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