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Aroostook Republican photo/Natalie Bazinet At right, Maggie Landeen tossed her water balloon toward the target while fellow Yellow Team members George Ferland and Emily Gendreau waited for their turn. |
By Natalie Bazinet
Staff Writer
NEW SWEDEN — The New Sweden School’s been hosting their annual Field Day for as long as anyone at the school can remember, and it’s always been a big hit with the students.
This year, about 70 kids participated in the Olympic-themed Field Day, which featured a blindfolded obstacle course, a land luge race, a crab-walk sports game, pool-noodle javelin throw and even a laundry-hanging race.
Event organizer Katherine Doar, secretary of the New Sweden School, said that her favorite part of the day was seeing all the kids having a good time.
As students worked up an appetite whooping and cheering for their teammates while competing in the various events, lunch was a summer-friendly barbecue.
Even the weather was onboard with Field Day, serving up sunny skies with enough of a breeze to keep the black flies at bay.
All in all, most everyone had a memorable Field Day to reward students for their hard work all year and kick off the summer.
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Andrew Christie, at right, got his team off to a powerful start in the land luge event during New Sweden’s annual Field Day on June 1. From left, his teammates were Shane Furber, Alex Bouchard and Jacob Weymouth. |
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Douglas Butterfield and fellow Red Team members aired their “dirty laundry” during New Sweden’s annual Field Day; one of many Field Day events, it was a race against the clock to dunk a New Sweden basketball jersey in a bucket of water and hang it out to dry on the volleyball net. | Laura Weatherell watched her step as she beelined back to her team with the letter she found under a Frisbee during a word forming game. |