Snowshoeing Event Exemplifies the Olympic Creed

Today, we completed our homemade snowshoes.  It was not an easy task.  We ran out of time (due to snow days and snow afternoons) and we ran out of duct tape.  But...we refused to be defeated!  The students partnered up with those who had workable snowshoes.  In true Olympic spirit, they shared what they had finished with teammates/opponents and put their efforts together to make sure everyone can participate this afternoon.

With the struggle of building our homemade snowshoes, we realized that the Olympic Creed fit perfectly with this experience.  We talked at length as a class about the importance of taking part and not giving up...and being proud of our attempts, no matter the outcome.

The Olympic Creed

We hope our snowshoes work this afternoon...but we are prepared to laugh at anything that might happen to us out in the 3 feet of snow we have in the PSS fields.  We'll give it a shot, and if we don't succeed...at least we know we fought well to make it happen!