Cascade View celebrates birthday
October 28, 2009
By Laura Geggel
Cascade View Elementary School just turned five, but it’s the baby of the Snoqualmie Valley elementary school pack.
Cascade View Elementary School students sing happy birthday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of their school. In the back, CVES Principal Ray Wilson sings with students Ellie Miller, Sam Brown, Lauren Wilbourne, Hailey Sheeler, Katie Stuit, Spencer Sprague and Lexie Rose. Photo by Laura Geggel
Fall City Elementary School is the oldest, originally built in 1909. North Bend Elementary School is 47-years-old, Snoqualmie Elementary School is 41 and Opstad Elementary School is 21.
Actually, CVES is only 4, since it opened in fall of 2005, but that didn’t stop its students from celebrating a year early.
“We’re celebrating a little bit early, but hey, I thought Disneyland can do it, so can we,” CVES PTSA president Lorraine Thurston said.
Students and their families congregated at the school to eat pizza, get their faces painted, throw wet sponges at each other, go fishing for toys and win books during a book walk.
By far, the most popular event involved the principal and a dessert item. Students entered a drawing for the chance to cream Principal Ray Wilson with whipped cream pies.
“It was awesome,” second-grader Kiara Goodwin said.
But he didn’t make it easy for the students.
Wilson made funny faces and dodged a few pies, but he wasn’t always fast enough. Still, Wilson said he enjoyed playing a bull’s eye.
“It just adds to the positive energy,” Wilson said. “I think it’s as much fun for the parents as it is for the kids.”
A few CVES graduates also attended the party. Mount Si High School freshman Elizabeth Holmes attended fifth grade at Cascade View and was back to volunteer for its birthday.
“When I first came here, it seemed really big compared to the other schools,” Holmes said. “Now, it seems to be smaller with all of the people.”
Holmes was right in her observation. With 723 students, CVES is the second largest school in the district, only smaller Mount Si. But the more people at the party, the merrier it was. Parents watched as their children won prizes or competed in the freeze dance contest.
“They have these (events) a couple of times a year and we’re not allowed to miss any,” parent Matt Mariani said.
After going fishing for tops and figurines, fourth-grader Shyam Gandhi said he had enjoyed himself at Cascade View’s birthday jam.
“It’s fun because I got to see a lot of my friends,” Gandhi said.
Reporter Laura Geggel: 392-6434 ext. 221 or lgeggel@snovalleystar.com. Comment at www.snovalleystar.com.
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