It was a great Valentine's Day at Pretty Eagle! With balloons and treats galore, it was a festive day in the classrooms. Then at 2 o'clock everyone went to the gym for the Box Social. Students decorated boxes and there were prizes for best valentines box, most traditional, and best Disney box.
The elder who came to MC the box social and push dancing
The 3rd grader who won the prize for most traditional box
In the boxes everyone was supposed to put a meal for two, so after the judging they invited students to share their box "with an elder." 5th grader Delanie shared her box with me and it was so fun- I thought it was a really special tradition to take part in (I'm not sure where the idea of the box social came from or when it started but I think the St. Labre schools are the only ones who do it.)
After the lunch was push dancing, which was great too. There were four drummers (one of whom was only two feet tall! cute little baby drumming!) and kids K-4th then 5th-8th danced in a contest. Some of the students got dressed up in their outfits which was awesome. It was just such a fun celebration!
After school I did my first dance club class which was pretty fun. The girls are excited for it and haven't stopped asking me about it so I'm glad to do it with them.
Valentine's fancy on the playground!
Then after dance club Sarah & I went over to the boys' basketball game. It was SO intense! It was a really good game and I think the first one all season where they didn't hold the lead the whole time... they still won with 91 points but it was real close. It was also kind of tense because it was our Crow team vs. a Northern Cheyenne team... there's big rivalry between the two reservations, even when it comes to Jr. high basketball. The best part was the spontaneous cha cha slide dance-off at half time, when there were four little Cheyenne boys dancing in the middle and a line of Pretty Eagle kids dancing on the side started getting closer and closer and it turned into a dance battle. It was an entertaining half-time show! haha
Happy Valentines Day!
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