Friday was Melrose’s Carnival – very similar to Family Fun Night at my elementary school. I worked the redemption center, where students could cash in their winnings and get prizes.
As soon as students walked in they could buy tickets, which were the way of gaining entry into playing a game (although tickets could also be cashed in for some prizes). Then students were given a card that had a grid on it, which they wore around their neck. Students were given stamps on their cards for winning games, and those stamps were then cashed in for prizes. There were also raffles that all of the students’ names had been entered into and raffle tickets that parents could buy for baskets that each class had put together.
It was fun to see not only my students, but different grades and even families walking around and enjoying themselves. My students seemed to really enjoy seeing me there and would run up to me and show me how many stamps they had, what prizes they had received, etc. I thought it was good that rooms were divided by grade (for example, there were two rooms for the lollipop draw, one that was K-3 and one that was 4-6) because there is a huge maturity difference between my first graders and the sixth graders! Overall though, it seemed like everyone had a good time, including everyone who was staffing the rooms!
