Our Closing Ceremonies

 This past Friday was a special day at Baker-Butler.

We had our Closing Ceremonies of the school-wide Olympics our students have been doing since the first week of school. Students were assigned to be a member of one of 12 different countries, and they then competed to earn Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals through different PE activities. One of the great features of this plan was that every country then had K-5th grade students in it, and students got excited about being an Olympic athlete representing "their" country.

At our Closing Ceremonies we brought everyone back together and then announced which countries had won.

First, all of the students lined up outside by their countries, and then they marched in together under their flag.

 
They then sat together by countries; as example, the country of Ireland had Kindergarten to 5th graders in it. They all stood up and said good afternoon in their country's language.

Then we watched a video highlight of the Paralympic Games to show the best differently-abled athletes in the world.

It was a fantastic experience and another example of the wonderful things going on here in our Baker-Butler community.

 

Students from China stand up and say good afternoon in Chinese