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Growing up fast
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Tanya Pai Dhungat was loosing some of her grip in her old age and only just managed to open her glue stick without help.
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .To celebrate being in school for 100 days on Feb. 4, the kindergartners of Ursuline Preschool and Kindergarten dressed up to look like they were 100 years old and paraded through school, including the office.
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Katie Stack's kindergarten class celebrated 100 Day with art projects displaying "100" on pieces of construction paper. Brian Leeper (left) didn't let his plastic glasses and the pillow he stuffed in his shirt affect him during his art project.
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Kindergartner Dev Sethi added extra detail to his costume: He made his own book called "100 Years of Staying Young" by Dr. Dev Sethi to his outfit.
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The kindergarteners of Mary Ann Critell's class were happy to show off their silly and often intricate 100-year-old costumes.
By SARAH FOOR
Kids grow up fast, but at Ursuline Preschool and Kindergarten on Feb. 4, the aging process really took off.
Sporting hair painted gray and elderly accessories, the school’s kindergartner celebrated 100 days in school by dressing like they had lived a century.
Ursuline kindergarten teacher Mary Ann Critell planned the event with her fellow teachers.
“We always celebrate our 100 days in school with different activities,” she explained. “In other years, we’ve done activities with 100 candies and 100 gummy worms, but I think we’ve hit the jackpot with this one.”
To start their “100 Day,” the kindergartners and their teachers paraded through the school and front office as the school’s secretaries enjoyed costumes that included details like canes, walkers and a pillow stuffed down student Brian Leeper’s shirt to make him look like he’d gained some weight.
The students then retired to their classrooms to complete 100-themed art projects and discussions. Katie Stack’s class glued cereal to construction paper to spell out the celebrated number. Crittell asked her students what kind of things they would want 100 of.
Popular answers were 100 puppies, ice cream cones and snow days, while they said they wouldn’t want 100 spiders. Crittell then asked what the students hope will still be here 100 years from now.
“I really hope Ursuline Preschool will still be here when I’m a hundred,” shared student Zoe Frank. “I’ll still come by and visit it.”