This post is way over due. On November
1, 2013 my class of fifth grade students started something amazing. We held our first ever Extra Life gaming
marathon. The kids each brought in money to donate to a local hospital through
the Children Miracle Network. We raised a total of $160.00, which was great.
On the day of the event, the students came down to the gym. We set up four systems on televisions around
the area playing multiplayer games like Little Big Planet 2, When Vikings
Attack, NintendoLand, and Smash Bros. Brawl. The grand gem of our event,
however, was our tournaments on the big projector screen. We held two events, a Wii
Sports Tennis open and a Mario Kart Wii Grand Prix. Our Tennis activity was a
pairs competition. Half of the brackets was boys only, and the other bracket
was girls only. In the end our boys champions met our girls champions in the
finals. In an epic match the girls team brought home the crown. Our Mario Kart tournament
was just as fun.
The students also enjoyed pizza, junk food, and other
refreshments. Every hour we gave away a Nintendo based grab bag of goodies and
every student went home with something small.
It was a great night for what I hope will become an annual event for our
school. Here are some of the photos.
Enjoy.
