Sixth graders at Woodland Middle School in East Meadow went back in time as they celebrated Greek mythology during the school’s annual Festival Games on Dec. 16.
The Festival Games is a day of team building activities inspired by “The Lightning Thief,” the first novel in Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series. It was designed as a day to celebrate teamwork and to participate in healthy competition between the four sixth grade clusters ruled by Ares (Cluster 1), Poseidon (Cluster 2), Athena (Cluster 3) and Zeus (Cluster 4),
Students worked together with their teams to transform their classrooms into cabins, each depicting their respective Greek god or goddess. During the day, a variety of grade-level activities were planned, including, Capture the Flag and trivia games such as “It’s All Greek to Me,” “I Vaporized My Pre-Algebra Teacher” and “Olympian Family Feud.”
At the end of the games, Team Zeus was awarded a trophy for earning the most points.
