By Sarah Buchert

Academic Field Day came as Academic Field Day does, with lots of fun, screams, intelligence, memory tests, and embarrassing, impressive achievements. During one round of crypto, a single person got four Kryptos and negative points; they struggled to get out of the hole and they got out. They had more Kryptonites than Kryptos, but only for two rounds. But even so, they lost. “That was really impressive,” said Mr. Ditsworth. Several other people got two Kryptos during a two-minute round.

“During the art game it was funny to see,” said Ms. White, an art teacher. “The team captains herding their teammates around, trying to get everyone to draw at once. They would be pointing at students and saying, ‘You get a marker, and you get a marker. Pass that marker to him ’cause he needs a turn.’ It was funny seeing them run around and having to tag out to get turns on the larger teams. That’s what stuck out to me.”

During the human knot game students were in awkward and surprising positions as they were trying to figure their way out of the human knot and getting untangled. Kai Hamilton Bailey, a sixth grader, looked like he only had a head. At one point he was crouching and his head was on somebody else’s arm. It was like a body-less person.

Madame Pardini was impressed with the students’ ability to understand the Greek when she spoke even though she had only just been given the pronunciations. She was also impressed by the students’ ability to read Greek as fast as they did when it flashed up on the board and that they reacted just as fast to answering the questions, because the Greek alphabet is so different.

The fun’s not over yet, with Athletic Field Day in the future. More impressive, hilarious stories are sure to be made.