Field Day

For those of you who are new to DCE, let me talk about Field Day.  This year Field Day is scheduled for May 18.  The day will begin with a pep rally and the 5th grade girls will do a May Pole program.  Then they will be off and running (literally).  There will be 6 stations that each grade will rotate through set up all around the campus.  The stations change a bit each year, but will probably include a water balloon war station, a wet bounce house/slide station, a track and field station, a snack station with a DJ and so much more.  As you can imagine the success of this event requires an enormous number of volunteers.  BUT IT IS SOOOOOO FUN!  There will be 2 shifts.  Parents can either sign up for one shift or offer to work both.  I have always worked both because I don't work during the day (other than all this fun volunteering stuff) and I LOVE field day.  My husband, Tim, just works one shift so he can spend the rest of the day at work. I have worked many different positions in my 7 years at DCE for Field Day.  I have been in charge of one, which was GREAT and I have been in charge of various stations.  If you work the full day in a station, you are sure to see your child's class come through at some point and you can eat your lunch with them.  It is a lot of fun.

I have to mention one thing that drives me batty!  There will be one person assigned to walk with the class from station to station.  This is an important job (one of the most) but easily handled by that one person for whom it was assigned.  However, I always see about 5-8 parents trailing around behind their kid's classes from event to event.  Ok, sweet, but not really helpful.  I promise your kid is going to have a blast regardless of if you are standing there or not and we need you to help in the other events.  So, try to keep that in mind.  If I see you wandering aimlessly on Field Day, I am going to try and put you to work!  This is for the kids and is absolutely their favorite day of the year.  Dads, this is the best event for you to volunteer.

So, all that being said, please sign up to help during Field Day.  The kids need your help to make it a success.

Thanks and see you there!
Lisa