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CHC students celebrate Beach Day
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Three C.H. Campbell Elementary School first-grade students enjoyed a popsicle treat during the school’s annual Beach Day Jan. 23.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.C.H. Campbell Elementary School first-graders sported their beach wear and celebrated spring during the school’s annual Beach Day Jan. 23.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.C.H. Campbell Elementary School first-graders had fun eating a picnic-style lunch on beach towels during the school’s annual Beach Day Jan. 23.
By ABBY SLANKER
C.H. Campbell Elementary School students turned a cold, snowy winter day into a special tropical day for the school’s annual Beach Day Jan. 23.
The students celebrated in the school’s cafeteria, which was decorated with beach balls and beach buckets hanging from the ceiling and where tables were cleared away and students enjoyed a picnic-style lunch on their own beach towels.
The students were encouraged to dress in brightly-colored beachwear for the day. Many students got into the spirit of the day by wearing Hawaiian shirts, Hawaiian leis, shorts, straw hats, baseball hats, sun hats, sunglasses, swim trunks, sandals, visors and flowers in their hair. One student’s shirt, on which ‘I Love Sunshine’ was written, summed up the day perfectly.
“Beach Day is a fun activity which the students look forward to. We hold it in January to break up the winter months. It’s just a really fun day,” said Travis Lavery, C.H. Campbell Elementary School principal.
In addition to decorating the cafeteria, the PTO provided popsicles for the children as a special treat to enjoy after they had eaten lunch.
Following lunch, in lieu of outside recess, the students gathered in the gym to play beach-themed games, such as ‘beach’ volleyball, under the direction of physical education teacher Ronie Haurin.