At Tecolote Tuesday today, Mr. Surber, our Lower School Head, and Mr. Robitaille, our P.E. Instructor for the past 34 years, unveiled the Lower School’s newest piece of athletic equipment….a rock wall!! The wall is eight feet high and more than 20 feet long. It arrived in pieces before Winter Break and was installed on our Lower School campus last week.

During P.E. class, Mr. Robitaille taught the students how to tumble and fall safely. He showed the students how to climb across the wall. Then, the moment the students were waiting for….they each had a turn traversing the rock wall.

 

I asked the students to tell me something about the rock wall. Here are some of their unedited responses:

“I climbed all the way to the top!” says Carolina.

“It gives you physical exercise and strength,” says Soren.

“I like to climb in the shade because it’s twice as nice. When I’m 199, I want to do back flips off the wall,” says Olivia. (safety first :))

“The rock wall looks cool, and I think I can climb it all,” says Joshua.

“I was excited when I almost got to the top”, says Sadie.

“I want to use it because it has all the colors. It smells like fish,” says Hayes. (Apparently that’s what a BRAND NEW rock wall smells like!)

“I want to climb up the big wall and see over the other side,” says Neil.

“I am excited to climb because it is fun”, says Ava.

 

 

Here’s to the excitement of rock climbing!