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Ancient Games
As part of its traditional end-of-year festivities, last week Wakefield Country Day School once again celebrated Field Day, looked upon as an occasion to demonstrate important attributes of the school.
All students in grades one through twelve divided into two teams: the Athenians and Spartans, and marched onto the field, led by banners with Athenians and Spartans spelled out in Greek. Seniors led the students in warm-up exercises and cheers, such as “Who drove the Persians out of_?” and other factual queries, to which students shouted back, “Sparta” or “Athens!”
Then the two teams, all the ages mixed together, competed in several events, such as passing a water cup down the line from one bucket to another, or running relays with a hand-off midfield, sometimes between a first grader and a junior. The students showed enthusiasm and excitement as the older students assisted, supported, and cheered on their younger teammates.
The audience applauded as the older students used strategies to increase their efficiency in cup-passing and as the fastest runners lined up to race the cup back to the other end. After the whole-team events, the students regrouped by grade levels and competed in Capture the Flag, soccer, basketball, volleyball, four-square, and other games.
Students passed one another on the field, and one captain was heard asking a younger child, “How are the mini-Spartans doing?” while exchanging high-fives. At the end of the day, the faculty congratulated the teams on their sportsmanship, the points were totaled, and the Spartans won by one of the narrowest margins in recent history.
The three winning captains were crowned with laurels, both sets of team captains shook hands, and head of school Kathleen Grove invited the two teams to shake hands with their friends and siblings. The Athenians are already vowing a come-back next year.
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