The counting that began in early September reached triple digits in late February for kindergartners at Birch Lane Elementary School. They reached the 100th day of the school year and of their educational journeys.
On Feb. 26, there celebratory activities in classrooms. Teachers read aloud books about the 100th day of school. Students decorated paper cupcakes with 100 sprinkles, did 100 jumping counts and found 100 consonant-vowel-consonant words.
The big celebration actually occurred a day later, when parents and grandparents joined the youngsters to mark the milestone. Each kindergartner invited one special guest and together they made gumball machines with 100 marker dots, counted by tens. Children also wore special shirts with 100 objects, such as beads, stickers, googly eye balls and marshmallows. In class fashion shows, teachers announced each student, what was stuck on his or her shirt 100 times, and why that object was chosen.