Ormond Beach Elementary students get their slime on

Celebrating success in a fun way.

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Ormond Beach Elementary celebrated student progress on Friday, Sept. 28, with a gooey surprise: an opportunity to slime Principal Shannon Hay and other teachers. 

A total of 244 students lined up to receive a cup of green slime — a concoction of pudding mix, Jell-O mix, apple sauce and water — to throw at Hay and six other staff members. The school's covered gym was booming with music, laughter and splashing sounds as slime hit the pavement. 

Each week, students have a different behavioral or character goal to achieve, from honesty and integrity to respect and citizenship, and the students who meet those goals get to participate in events like these. It's important to recognize such achievements, Hay said.

"This to me is what's most important about school," Hay said. "We put so much pressure sometimes on our kids to get good grades and to achieve, but it's actually the perseverance, the character and the kindness that's going to get them furthest in life and also increase their scores."

 

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