On July 27th, we had our annual Summer Festival! Each year, after the first week of summer school, we host a Summer Festival where we have different games and activities for the kids to participate and help in! The summer school students helped us make an Omikoshi that they were then able to walk with during the Summer Festival. This year, they made a beautiful island with ocean and fish surrounding it and monkeys hanging from the palm tree! It looked great! They also helped prepare materials for each of the games that we had. We had bowling, pow the alligator, shooting, a UFO game, dancing, and fishing. They loved being able to help us prepare and then help us run the games during the Summer Festival! They were all such a big help!
We also were able to have a watermelon cracking ceremony. This year, we prepared a watermelon piñata with candy inside. All of the children were able to hit the piñata to try and open it! Finally, one of the fathers was able to open it and all the kids ran to grab some candy. They all looked so proud with their handfuls of candy! Overall, it was such a fun Summer Festival and we want to thank all the parents and families for joining us and all the students for helping us prepare and run the games!