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Beach Day Barbecue Serves Up Fun
For some, the morning’s chill and cloud cover would have
dampened enthusiasm for a day at the beach. This was
not the case for a school full of kids who looked forward to
Beach Day all year long. And certainly not when the day
began with a glider launch and Mento/soda dousing! Yes!
Lessons wrought by the science teachers continued up until
the moment of departure for Penfield Beach. Gliders were
propelled from the roof by staff members to the accompaniment
of rousing chanting by the creators. Next, teacher
Bob Perry delighted the crowd with a recreation of the
spectacular YouTube experiment in which a veritable Tivoli
fountain erupted from a sinuous series of soda bottles with
the addition of a few Mento lozenges. The Eagle Hill version
was not as dramatic, but spurred students to a dizzy
frolic in the sticky, staining, shower of soda.
The scene at Penfield Beach was lively as students and staff
competed in potato sack races and an egg toss, danced the
limbo and for those interested, had their faces painted.
Alumni Eric Anderson, Dennis White, James Brogan, Neil
Doocy, Alex Cope, Chad Sterling and Holly and Parker Tod
returned to partake of the culinary delights served up on
the grill by chefs Tavormina, Sylvestro, Ruggiero and Fiallo.
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