Hilltop fourth-graders celebrate at picnic

July 3, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

By ABBY SLANKER

Fourth-grade students at Hilltop Elementary School celebrated the end of their time at the school with a class picnic and day of fun on May 29.

The day is meant as a festive send-off to the fourth-graders as they leave Hilltop and enter Canfield Village Middle School in the fall.

To start their day, the students gathered in the gym to watch a video of themselves, set to music, which consisted of hundreds of photos of the students from their kindergarten year at Hilltop to their fourth-grade year.

Lunch, which consisted of pizza, watermelon, chips and water, was provided for the students by the PTO and parents of the fourth-grade students. A special lunch was also provided for the fourth-grade teachers.

The students enjoyed a dance party with D.J. Anthony in the gym throughout the afternoon. The students danced several popular dances and enjoyed dancing with their teachers.

As a special treat for their big day, the Kona Ice truck arrived at the school and served Hawaiian ices to all the students.

Also provided for the students as a way to remember this special day, was a photo booth where they could have their pictures taken with all their friends, props and all.

At the end of the day, as a special gift and momento of their years at Hilltop, the students were presented with Canfield Cardinals cinch bags which contained their own DVD copy of the video they watched that morning.

Several PTO members helped throughout the day, with Angela Brose serving as picnic chairman.