The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C., may have ended on Sunday night, but High Plain Elementary School kept them going at the school until its own special closing ceremonies on Tuesday, March 2.
Several teachers had found ways to incorporate the popular international sporting event into their lessons.
Physical education teachers Beth Shiff and Jess Pennell organized the closing ceremony, which was originally slated for Friday – before a power failure canceled school that day.
Music teacher Martha Giguere and art teacher Betsy Wish created a program together that focused on Chinese culture. They incorporated that program into the closing ceremonies.
“We thought it would be a great opportunity to collaborate on a subject matter. We both wanted to expose the fourth grade children to some aspects of Chinese culture that they might not be aware of. The students in fourth grade do touch upon China in social studies,” according to Giguere.
