By Julia Berg

After the start of the next round of Sharks and Minnows is announced, the K-5 students line up on the gym wall and make their way past the taggers.

Some students sprint across immediately, some wait for a clear path before they make the dash, and others try to go under the taggers’ radar by walking across.

Skylar, a student from the K-2 group who asked to be the tagger, succeeds in tagging a couple of other students. After the group switches to playing “red light green light” for a bit, the students begin a game of Simon Says, with the counselor giving the directions at first.

The students play a round with the counselor, copying actions such as touching their shoulders and hopping on one foot. A 3-5 group student asks and gets to be the leader of the next round. They work hard at being the leader, allowing students who are eliminated from the game to still play for fun and giving everyone a second chance after it was pointed out that he gave one to one of them. He directs them to make fun moves, such as waving their arms above their head and doing a split to the best of their ability. They play Simon Says, and Geo leads the game until they leave for their next after-school activity at the Carver Community Center.

Volunteer Julia Berg tells us lively stories about our summer and after-school students at the Carver Community Center. See more of her stories here.