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Watson students trade books for water balloons
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Watson Elementary kindergartners race in a sack race during their Silly Olympics. The olympics featured 10 events.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .First-graders take turns tossing wet sponges into buckets at the sponge toss station. Each student tossed three sponges.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Watson Elementary first-graders toss water balloons to one another trying to keep them from breaking. Once the balloon was dropped or broken, the team of two had to sit down.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Watson third-graders play on their school playground as they wait to rotate to another olympic activity. Students in each grade competed with each other in the Silly Olympics for bragging rights.
It was all smiles and giggles for Watson Elementary students June 4 when the school hosted its annual Silly Olympics as an end of the school year treat.
The Olympics have been a tradition at Watson for more than 17 years.
Each grade wore colored shirts signifying their grade level. Kindergartners wore pink, first-graders yellow, second-graders paraded in orange and third-graders wore blue.
The students alternated through 10 stations that were set up on the perimeters of the school. These stations included a blow-up slide, scooter racing, sack racing, hula hooping, bean bag, football, wet sponge and water balloon tossing. Students tested their throwing abilities at the dunk tank where they tried to dunk Principal James Carchedi. Snow cones were also given to students to help them cool off from the physical activities.