Pre-Kindergarten Students Participate in Their Own Olympic Games

Students in the OCM BOCES pre-kindergarten program at Children's Village (which is located at Parkhill Elementary School in the East Syracuse Minoa Central School District) celebrated an Olympic day on Friday, August 3rd. The students spent the week prior at school learning about the Olympic events and the history of the games. Emily Hunter, the classroom teacher, helped bring the lessons to life for the children by having them participate in a variety of Olympic events such as track and field (running, a torch relay, shot put and discus), gymnastics (balance beam, tumbling , and rings), bicycle races and soccer.  The Olympic fun day ended with a medal ceremony where each child was given a medal and a certificate for participating in the school's Olympics.