The 'Olympic Flame' burns brightly at Squamish Elementary School. 
Students sit in the gym to watch the torch relay. Can you see the torch bearer in the back?
The skeleton event. Where else could athletes hurl themselves onto a scooter board and fly down a school hallway while spectators cheer?Our school held it's 3rd Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony today.
Our Olympic cauldron is an old lamp covered in tinfoil with tissue paper flames rising out of the top. Our torch is a flashlight covered in foil and tissue as well. The torch bearers wanted to run to the theme song from "Chariots of Fire", so we had that blasting from our delapidated old sound system as they ran their relay around the gym.
We sang 'O Canada', recited the Olympic Athlete's Oath, and had a guest speaker: Squamish's own Mae Palm who just happens to be an Ironman triathlete and ultra-marathon runner. And did I mention she is 70 years young?
After our Olympics were opened, the students competed in hockey, skeleton, bobsled, snowshoe (a new Olympic sport?), speed skating and free-style skiing. We have a couple more Tuesdays to hold sporting competitions so that everyone can participate.
We are excited to see the real Olympic flame pass our school on Friday, February 5th. Our closing ceremonies will happen the same day that the official 2010 Winter Games open in Vancouver on February 12th.
Go, Canada, Go!
Our town is getting into the Olympic Spirit as well. To check us out go here.
Our Olympic cauldron is an old lamp covered in tinfoil with tissue paper flames rising out of the top. Our torch is a flashlight covered in foil and tissue as well. The torch bearers wanted to run to the theme song from "Chariots of Fire", so we had that blasting from our delapidated old sound system as they ran their relay around the gym.
We sang 'O Canada', recited the Olympic Athlete's Oath, and had a guest speaker: Squamish's own Mae Palm who just happens to be an Ironman triathlete and ultra-marathon runner. And did I mention she is 70 years young?
After our Olympics were opened, the students competed in hockey, skeleton, bobsled, snowshoe (a new Olympic sport?), speed skating and free-style skiing. We have a couple more Tuesdays to hold sporting competitions so that everyone can participate.
We are excited to see the real Olympic flame pass our school on Friday, February 5th. Our closing ceremonies will happen the same day that the official 2010 Winter Games open in Vancouver on February 12th.
Go, Canada, Go!
Our town is getting into the Olympic Spirit as well. To check us out go here.
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