Junior Dons #SportsBanquet2019

We missed out on a lot of  school events in 2020.  Everything was put to a complete halt while the 

pandemic is going on.I am glad that my son was able to enjoy the basketball season before the Covid19.  He wasn't able to enjoy track and field but they  pre-conditioned before that. Anyway, these photos were taken during their  sports banquet in May 10th of 2019, my daughter's last year at St. Joseph School.

 

My daughter was not able to play volleyball during her freshman year at Madonna but she was ready to play tennis, to bad it got cancelled as well.

 Hopefully when  everything gets back to normal, they will be able to play sports again. This  corona virus is really taking a toll on everything.

Rye with Julia and Mrs. Fuscardo.

EJ with the Zhao brothers and Michael I.

Track Coach, Mr. Buterbaugh

Jr. Don athletic team 2019

With Lydia M. and Juliana V.

 

Junior Dons 8th grade athletes

With Ally P and JV.

School Olympics 2018 Part 2

As I have mentioned in my  previous post, the school olympics was divided into two parts.  The first part was the non-competition part where  the bigger kids  enjoy a variety of games while the little kids are competing inside the gymnasium.  The second part for the  bigger kids are the actual competition and the group  competition toward the end.

My son was very worried about the  long jump because he have never done it before.  We told him to just enjoy  the game and   do the best he can.  I mean it doesn't really matter but I guess for the kids, it is a big deal to do  really well especially that their parents are watching.

My daughter is a  a happy go lucky gal, she just compete to have fun.  She doesn't really care if she win or lose.  Most of the times, she loses but I like the fact that it doesn't bother her.  This is the last year that my daughter is participating to the games, next year they will be the facilitators and helpers.  I can't believe she will be in 8th grade already, my oh my, where did the time go?  I can still remember so vividly when I first drop her off to school  when she was in kindergarten.  I felt so sick of leaving her there, I wanted to hurl when I got home.

My son will be in 6th grade this year so  he still have a couple of years before he goes to Madonna High School.  Tuition fee is getting so  expensive but we are happy to send them to a place where we think is best for them not only  for their  educational  growth but  spiritually and socially.  

The tug of war is always the fun game.  It's funny seeing parents cheer on their   kids.  This year,  girls  competed versus boys and the girls dominated which is not surprising because the  girls outnumbered the boys.

Instead of giving out certificate to the winners, they gave out  candy bars  which I thought was  a  great surprise.  My son said, he preferred  certificates as he can keep them but I told him that he can enjoy the sweets!

They have  a lot of  games such as marshmallow toss,  relay race, sack race, 50 meter dash, and a lot more.

I think my son was very happy of his performance.  He shared the candies he collected for winning with us.

My daughter was so surprised that she won something.  They won the relay race.

It was another year of fun for all of the  students, teachers, parents, family, and friends.  I wish my Mom could watch my children play the  school olympics.  It would be  different next year.  I am feeling a bit sad already thay  daughter will be  in highschool soon.  I am not sure why I am  feeling this way but I think it has to do with the fact that she  is slowly transforming into a  different person, not the little girl anymore that I used to take pictures of no matter what she does.  Now, I have to ask permission to take picture of her and for  posting it ha ha.  Oh well, part of growing up.

Volleyball Season: Last Game Today

This year's volleyball season went so fast.  They started the game on the first week of  March and  today will be their last game.  Unlike last  year, all the games this season was held in  Bishop John King Muscio.  I liked last season because we got to have the game here in our  school but this year was different.  Nevertheless, it still fun  and it is more intense  as they advance in grades.  

 

Our school have two teams, the white and the blue.  Our daughter   is on the white team.  They played against the blue team  on the first game.  The blue team won but it did not  stop the  white team from winning some games against the other school's team. So far they have played 7 games, they lost 3  and today will be their last game.

Our daughter got some scrapes and bruises during the last game last week but  that's not stopping her from participating on today's game.  

She's kind of disappointed that they lost three games but we told her that it is part of  playing team sports.  She got used to last season where they never experience a loss.

The best deal here is that, she gets to learn  lessons  such as working  together to achieve a common goal and that she gets to experience how it is  to handle defeat.  In life, you will not win with all your battles but the most important thing to remember is to  learn from that experience no matter the outcome is.

The camaraderie in sports is what the most important lesson these young athletes could learn.  It is not easy to  work  in teams but if you want to achieve  a common goal, you  will learn how to work together.  

Another  new this year was their uniform.  They have long sleeves shirts unlike the jersey they wore last year.  I thought that having their own shirt instead of using the  school sports uniform is better as they get to keep the shirt after the season is over.

Next season, they will have to play with the teams that  they played last season.  This year, they played with the new batch of players from the  lower grades.  Volleyball is the only sports my daughter love.  She never really got interested in  other sports which is okay with me because having so many   sports  at the same time is quite difficult.  Volleyball and piano is what she is involved in.

  I was looking forward to  the Tennis this Spring but the coaches never sent out an info so I am guessing that they did not have it  this Spring.  We do however play it as a family, we all love  playing tennis.  We are also doing Jui-Jitsu as a family.  We started it this month and so far we are  enjoying it.  Hubby and I get to do it together and the kids get to do it too.  Self defense is something I really want all of us to learn especially the kids.  Hopefully, we can stick to it and fully learn it.