Great Lakes Elementary has a tradition of closing out the school year with an all day field day on the last full day of school. That day was yesterday. The weather was absolutely perfect (in my opinion the best we've ever had) and the students were more than excited. My enthusiasm tends to be much less than the students for many reasons: less structure than a typical day inside, too much sunscreen to apply, the constant need for refilling water bottles, frequent bathroom breaks, and the list could continue. Despite my attitude every year I put on a happy face and lead the class outside. The highlight of the day is always the dunk bucket. While it's not the typical submersion dunk bucket, participants still get really soaked. Throughout the day classes take turns at the station and as a grand finale the staff members have a chance to get "dunked" as well. Each year my name "mysteriously" gets drawn by the principal. During my turn two teachers were ready and waiting with their cameras to capture the moment which was a nice treat since I'm usually the one taking all of the pictures. This year's experience was quite refreshing even though anticipating the gush of water was horrible...drip, drip, SPLASH!
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