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North fathers, sons survive PTO event
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .A group of North students and their dads showed off their muscles during Father-Son Night on March 29.
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .Dad Brian Pirone (right) pretended to feed his son Brayden (left) a toy snake after playing a Survivor-themed activity during Father-Son Night at North on March 29.
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .Dad Mike Kluchar (back) celebrated the tenth birthday of his son, Mitchell, with the fun of North's Father-Son night on March 29.
By SARAH FOOR
Dynamic duos headed for a desert-island version of North Elementary during the PTO’s “Survivor”-themed Father-Son Night on March 29.
Dads and their North boys enjoyed a chance to bond with activities that tested physical endurance, focus and composure based on the popular CBS show “Survivor.”
PTO event chair Liz Klase admitted she doesn’t watch the show, but did research to bring the theme to life at North with activities.
“We’re giving dads and their sons fun ways to test themselves. The stakes definitely aren’t as high as on the TV show, but it’s great to see that we have the guys so excited. We had a line out the door a half hour before the event even began, which was a great surprise,” Klase said.
The duos were welcomed into the event and handed a pair of matching bandanas that many tied around their heads. The PTO took snapshots of the families near a large tiki idol and the photos were given to the boys as a memento at the close of the event.
After North student Mitchell Kluchar posed with his dad, Mike, in a photo, the duo used the event to celebrate Mitchell’s 10th birthday.
“Mitchell and I hang out a lot — we play sports like baseball and football together. Being his birthday, we usually go out to dinner, but we were glad to forego that this year. I think Father-Son Night is going to be a lot more fun,” said Mike Kluchar.
After eating dinner, the dads and their boys traveled to different activity stations where they were challenged to make each other laugh without speaking, pick up fake creepy-crawlies with chopsticks and guess which foods were disguised as body parts and other disgusting objects. At the gross-out food station, peeled grapes stood in for eyeballs and peeled tomatoes for hearts.
Klase said the PTO was happy to offer fun, quality family time. “Everyone is so busy these days and that is true for kids and dads. This is a night to just relax, talk and share plenty of laughs,” she added.