Parades, beads, collections, cake, singing, and writing all found their special place on campus this Tuesday. In our centennial, it seems fitting that the celebration of our hundredth day was especially diverse, energetic, and comprehensive. Every grade level in the Lower School joined in the activities, and much of the division joined together in the courtyard at 1:00 to sing “Happy Birthday” to Hamden Hall.
There’s something right about getting excited around the 100th day of school. It’s a celebration of the time we’ve spent together on campus, the learning that has gone on in and out of the classrooms, and the friendships and connections that make a school special.
We certainly did our part to show our celebratory spirit on this Mardi Gras/Hundredth Day. The PK and third grade started things off with 100-cheerio necklaces, the preschool picked it up with a Mardi Gras parade, the kindergarten snacked their way to 100 (and then worked it off with 100 jumping jacks!), the first and second grades shared artistic collections, the fourth and fifth grades created a bulletin of 100 fascinating facts, and our sixth graders researched and presentated the differences between life now and in 1912, collaborated on an 100-line story, and explored the geometric possibilities of 100 tennis balls.
In whatever way the meaning of 100 found its way into our Tuesday, it was a day that brought our centennial home for many of our youngest students. It’s a lot of fun to watch a
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