Dodgeball

The last student day for Delano Public Schools is tomorrow, June 7.  As the year winds down and all the state mandated testing has finished, we conclude the year with a dodgeball tournament for grades 7 & 8.  We even have a traveling trophy that goes to the winning teacher's room at the conclusion of the tournament....it's called the 'dodgeball cup'....it's sort of a big deal (winning team picture is placed on the back and staff name rings the top)...

The best part of the dodgeball tournament is that after the conclusion of the championship game --- always between the 8th grade champion and the 7th grade champion (which for the first time ever in the history of the dodgeball cup, the 7th grade won this year) --- the staff take on the winning team.

As a staff, we win about 50% of the time.  Actually, lately it's been win one year and lose another.  Trouble is that the students always stay the same age...and we just keep get older...but this was our year...

The commissioner of the Delano dodgeball scheduling/seeding committee (we actually have one, it's a committee of one -- more gets done that way) decided that this year would be a 'blackout' year...most of use got the message.

Some take it more seriously than others though....

But guess what?!?!  Staff won again...