Friday, March 19, 2010

GALA 2010

To cap off a good week of school last week we had our annual gala (festival/carnival) yesterday as a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity.  Yesterday was also a scheduled teacher workday so Tara and I spent from 8 am- 3:30pm working and enjoying the gala.

To give you an idea of what goes on at the gala I'll list a few of the games and other attractions.
Horse rides, face painting, throwing a wet sponge at a teachers face (like mine), a variety of carnival type games where you win small prizes, a small blowup castle, garage sale, bake sale, cultural food fair, prize raffle and much more.

I would say after working voucher ticket sales (which were the currency of the day) that the event raised close to $8,000 for our schools Habitat for Humanity trip.

In other news we are leaving for Thailand in less than a week.  We are hoping to get internet and blog while we are away from March 26th to April 7th.

Enjoy the pictures!




The garage sale, we got a few books and a set of resistance 
bands all for $4.  What a steal!



A handful of our students working the snack shack.


Jamie being splashed at the sponge toss.


We all pitched in to blow up balloons to sell.  We filled them with
helium and had a bit of fun at the same time. (said in a high pitched voice)


A sign we pass by everyday on our way to work.  Thought you'd enjoy it!

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