Events

After daylight savings have given us all a few more hours of sunlight and a lot more desire to stay out and socialize, John Muir hosts our biggest community event of the year! Starting in the late afternoon the whole community – including staff, parents/guardians, and students – come together on our beautiful campus to celebrate with an old fashioned carnival. Games, fresh healthy food, jumpy slides, crafts, a cake walk, student performances, and an art gallery keep everyone busy and well entertained. We are fortunate to have special appearances every year ranging from talented parents’ live band performances, guest musicians and dancers, John Muir’s mascot the Grizzly Bear (thanks to the very hot parent in the bear suit!), and some smaller animals at the petting zoo.

The John Muir walk-a-thon can be called the run-a-thon since most students seem to run most of their laps. This fund-raiser is multi- faceted in that is combines much needed physical exercise with raising much needed funds for the PTA. Each fall, hopefully on a sunny day in October, students run or walk laps around the path that surrounds our large grass field. Parents and Guardians assist in stamping envelopes, handing out water bottles, encouraging the students and dancing to the music that is provided by our resident DJ Harry Overstreet. With every lap they get a stamp on their envelope and the more laps they run, the more money they can collect from the generous donors who have sponsored them.

What do 100 goldfish crackers look like? Can you bounce a ball 100 times? How many sunflower seeds, raisins or other snack pieces can you have to total 100 in the 100th day stew? These are important questions if you have been counting the days of school and have made it to 100!!

Every year the students at John Muir commemorate their 100 days of school with a fun gathering. Each grade (K-3) has a chance to come to the beautiful beamed ceiling auditorium to go around to different stations where they are challenged to count, add and be super familiar with the number 100. Fourth and Fifth graders act as guides to the younger grades helping them to fill in their special 100 day crowns and pour their 100 goldfish into a bag to eat later. Parents and teachers are on hand to keep things focused and fun. The day provides a chance for the students to use math skills, recognize all they have learned, and celebrate lots and lots of hard work. Many children leave wearing their ribbons which say “I am 100 days smarter.”