While Lindsey Vonn, Bode Miller, and the rest of Team USA represented the United States at the Vancouver Olympics, the physical education classes at Deauville Gardens Elementary School in Copiague participated in their own version of the Olympics. Organized by physical education teachers Pam Atlas, Michelle Bonaventura, and John Stack, the students competed against one another in such sports as speed skating, ski jump, ice hockey, curling, bobsled, and slalom.
During the week’s worth of events the students were scored and certificates representing of gold, silver, and bronze were given to grade-level winners. Prior to the week of competition, the students spent a week in “Olympic Training Camp” where they learned how to perform the events and worked on their form.“We wanted to promote the Olympics and the kids loved participating in the events that they had seen at home on television,” said Mrs. Bonaventura.
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