Chieftain Friends Fun Day draws students from several area schools to Tonganoxie
Shawn F. Linenberger
Students volley a balloon at Chieftain Arena during the Chieftain Friends Fun Day last month at THS.Roughly 100 athletes and 50 peer mentors participated in the Chieftain Friends and Fun Day last month at Tonganoxie High School’s Chieftain Arena. Students from eight high schools and two 18-21-year-old programs.
Shawn F. Linenberger
Free State’s Dezmond Gray poses for the camera alongside paraprofessional Denise Posey, at left.
This is the second year THS has hosted this event. Athletes signed up for events based on their skill levels and moved around the gym and common space with peers or THS student volunteers.
This special day started last year as senior Aubrey Padfield’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America project and was an integral part of THS working toward becoming a Champion School with Unified PE.
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This is one of several stations set up throughout Chieftain Arena and the commons area for Chieftain Friends Fun Day
Students from THS, Wellsville, Free State, Gardner-Edgerton, Piper, Baldwin, Bonner Springs and Lansing attended the event, as did participants in the Pathways and Bridges programs.
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Students work on various activities in the commons area near Chieftain Arena during Chieftain Friends Fun Day.
