Gallery • 7 Photos

Stella Rich '29

Students play volleyball with a giant beach ball at one of the outdoor Field Day stations on Thursday, June 4.

Students perched atop the hill, ran around the fields, and argued over Scattergories while enjoying the third annual field day.

The day featured an abbreviated schedule, with 55-minute blocks and two different lunches. After block four and lunches were over, there was an hour and 35-minute field day block. The time featured options outside, such as cornhole, a bouncy house, and face painting, and indoors, such as pickleball, board games, and coloring.

“I thought there was a wide range of activities for a whole bunch of different people — whatever vibe you wanted, you could do. There was stuff inside, and there was stuff outside… they just had something for everyone,” junior Taylor Moody said.

Some students enjoyed the break from regular scheduled classes.

“I like how free the schedule is on field day. It just feels less pressurized than a normal school day,” junior Maggie Peterson said.

Others thought that the activities, which were planned and supervised by teachers, were fun.

“I did the face paint, which I thought was so much fun, because they were really good,” freshman Ellie Kennedy said. “The cornhole was a lot of fun, because you could just do whatever you wanted. The chalk was peak too.”

Many students thought the opportunity to decide what to do and spend time with friends was a good end-of-year experience.

“I liked that we got a break from classes,” Moody said. “We could talk to our friends that we may or may not have lunch or class with. I enjoyed that it was kind of like a break that I feel like everybody kind of needed.”

Though students had largely positive things to say about field day, they also had some ideas for next year, especially if field day falls on another day with hot temperatures.

“Maybe more water,” sophomore Jules Hanson said. “I know that’s not really an activity, but I’m just so thirsty all the time, and they give you these little paper cups of water, and it’s nothing.”