Our school is full of traditions. Some traditions I would like to mix up a bit…like the songs the students sing on the last day of school. Pretty sure they sing the same songs every year. The very last song is new…and possibly the kindergartens song, but the rest are the same.
Traditions that I wouldn’t change. At the end of each school year, the 4th graders put together a time capsule. During the end of the year ceremony you will hear “Larry, Larry, Larry, Larry!” chanted by all the the students as Larry goes up into the rafter of the gym and attaches the Time Capsule to the ceiling. There it will sit until those 4th graders enter 12th grade. Then sometime during the 12 grade year, the contents will be revealed to the students who are still in our district.
Students with Perfect Attendance receive a certificate and a 2 Liter bottle of pop at the ceremony. I know Bug was sooooooooooooo excited to get the pop. This was her first year to get it, I think it made her year. It’s an interesting incentive and one that came to be before HFCS was all over the media! But, it is their tradition, and even though it isn’t the principal’s favorite, they keep on doing it.
