聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 With the sun out and warm temperatures abounding, the Arcola School held their annual Track Day for the elementary students. This event lasted for the day on Friday, June 3. With parents and grandparents there to support the youth, the students gave it their all and did their best as they competed.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Though last year they had an obstacle course and have experimented with different events in the past, it is the common track and field events which have become the most popular, leading to more of them being added this year.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Youth took part in a variety of events including hurdles, javelin, and discus. The hurdles were set quite low for the Kindergarten kids, while they were raised for the different groups. Though javelin sounds dangerous with young children, the school actually has indoor javelins which have a plastic end thus allowing the youngsters to safely start training and competing at any age. The discus also saw the safe, rubber inside discus brought out for the youth to try.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Other events included the ball throw, a long and short race, high jump, long jump, standing broad jump and a favourite amongst many, tug of war.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Participating grades included youth from Kindergarten to grade six. The grade six students were the captains of the teams, giving them a little bit more responsibility throughout the day, while grade nine students were out running the events for the day.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 One grade nine, Nick Singleton, stood out to the elementary students setting a positive example, as he made quite an impressive jump during a break at the high jump station. Moving the bar up to a substantial height he cleared it with ease. 鈥淥oo鈥檚鈥� and 鈥淎hh鈥檚鈥� were heard all around by the young students watching as they expressed wanting to be able to do that in the future too.
