Top Story: YouthCity Liberty Park Hosts First Ever YouthCity Olympics
By: Ruth
First, the kids prepared by setting up all the events: Sharpshooting, Wet Sponge Volleyball, Long Jump, Shotput, or "ball throwy thing." Once all the YouthCity sites arrived at Liberty Park, they split up into teams of smaller and older kids. The smaller kids played dodge-ball and kickball, while the older kids rotated between the previously mentioned events they set up. Once the kids played all the events, all the YouthCity sites came together for a 50 and 100 Yard Dash. There was loud (techno) music, and everybody was screaming for their teammates. The winners won fun prizes. The most memorable moments were when The TA's (Teaching Assistants) decided to put targets on themselves and became moving targets for the sharpshooting games. There were a few injuries, including someone who got hit in the face by a Frisbee and someone who tripped on the 100 yard dash, but nothing serious, and everyone had more than enough fun to make up for it.
We would like to thank the other YouthCity sites for participating in the first ever YouthCity Olympics and we hope to see many more in the future.
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Kids' quotes
Breakfast club
"In Breakfast Club this week Justin helped us with the news report by letting us use his iPhone to look up what we needed."
Video game class
"This week we learned about different kinds of video games, like arcade, platform, F.P.S. (First Person Shooter), and gave examples of them. Colin explained what they were. We spent the last bit watching a video of someone beating a Mario game in 5 minutes. We also watched a video about the history of video games."
Rock band
"We jammed."
Bike bonanza
"This week in Bike Bonanza we took apart the handlebars on our bikes and greased the bearings."
Recess
"For Recess class, we played kickball. In the game of kickball, we played on the open field. Izzy got a home run, and Mateo caught a fly-ball."
Comic class
"During comic class we drew comics, scanned a few, and will be using the computers, and a program to improve them. We also saw a comic someone else had made."
Sports class
"We played soccer. The 7-10 year olds against other 7-10 year olds, while the 11-14 year olds played soccer too against other 11-14 year olds."
Parlor Games
"Justin taught the kids how to play a game called
'Baby, Do You Love Me?', and after we had free time."
