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BAY MILLS - The Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter School celebrated "March is Reading Month" with a carnival at the school on March 15. The carnival, which was open to the entire community, featured a wide variety of games and activities, including a hula hoop toss, duck pond, spin-a-wheel, bean bag toss, barnyard race, golf, hoop shoot, hockey, horseshoes, pop toss, face painting, cake walk and an egg race.
OCS' Reading Month, which began on March 1, will continue until March 24 when the students leave for their spring break. Throughout March, OCS teachers have been issuing their students one blue ticket for every 20 minutes they have spent reading. The blue tickets were used as the student's admission into the various carnival games and activities. Those who won at their respective game were then issued a pink ticket, which was redeemable for an assortment of prizes, food and candy at the school cafeteria.
According to OCS Program Facilitator Kathleen VanHouten, the carnival was a tremendous success. While the outpouring of community support by those that showed up to participate in the festivities at the carnival was great, VanHouten said that it was especially good for the students to see that all their hard work did not go unnoticed.
"The carnival was a great way to celebrate all the hard work and long hours the students spent reading this month," VanHouten said. "Everybody had a great time, especially the kids. They had a great time showing off all the work they had done throughout the month."
OCS will conclude reading month on March 24 with an awards assembly at the Waishkey Gymnasium beginning at 10 a.m. Awards will be given for the top readers in each class, the top class, total books read and most class participation during "dress-up" week.
