PCC OPENS 50th SUMMER WITH OLYMPIC FIELD DAY CEREMONY
By the Young Voices Staff
Over three hundred students from surrounding towns, as well as a few from overseas, joined together on the Stonehill campus for the six-week summer program that commenced with a series of physical events and challenges to help break the ice. Some of the events included Big Red Ball, a game where participants attempt to keep a ball in the air, as well as human knots, parachute games, and hula hoop challenges. “The Floor is Lava” is an activity where students close their eyes and are guided by their partners around the moving “lava”--pink pieces of paper on the gym floor--to make it to the other side. They also played a game derived from the popular "Heads Up!" app, a variation on "Twenty Questions."
Students at PCC are each assigned a hall on a floor in one of the dorms when they move in. The games and activities helped bring the kids on each hall together. “Our hall broke a record in Big Red Ball,” first-year student Ciara said. “We felt very happy and proud of ourselves. It helped us bond.”
In addition, each floor worked together to earn their flag. Students worked together to develop a chant for their floor, and performed it at the closing of the ceremony. Since everybody comes from a different town, the floor chant helped unite all the students on the floor. “Each floor has its own color, and after coming up with the chant, either Ms. Reilly or Mr. Botehlo”--PCC’s Rec directors-- “would present the floor with a flag with that color,” Jason, another first year student, explained.
After ninety minutes, the Olympic Ceremony came to a close, and the students went back to their dorms for their first night at PCC. Although tired from a full day of activity, they went to sleep smiling, excited about the next six weeks at PCC.
-with additional reporting by Jason Dole and Abby Kneipfer.
-with additional reporting by Jason Dole and Abby Kneipfer.
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