Second graders learn double-digit addition and subtraction and are expected to develop as readers and critical thinkers, but on the last day of school, it’s time to have fun together before they go their separate ways for the summer.
Like lots of schools in Oregon, Earl Boyles Elementary School celebrated the end of the year with Field Day.
Austin blows bubbles on the playground during the last day of school at Earl Boyles Elementary for the 2014-2015 academic year.
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Anais plays water games, after eating a Popsicle, on field day during the last day of school for the 2014-2015 academic year at Earl Boyles Elementary School.
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Jason runs through a firehouse, after watching a demonstration on fire safety by the Portland Fire Department, during the last day of school for the 2014-2015 academic year at Earl Boyles Elementary School.
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Kalani draws in the garden at Vernon Elementary School on the last day of the 2014-2015 academic school year. Kalani moved to Vernon toward the end of the school year, and will be there for third grade.
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Austin plays with bubbles on the playground during the last day of school for the 2014-2015 academic year at Earl Boyles Elementary School.
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Ava dances in the gymnasium during the last day of school for the 2014-2015 academic year at Earl Boyles Elementary.
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Shelby draws on her animal balloon, made for her by a local clown, at Earl Boyles Elementary School.
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Joel plays basketball on the basketball court during the last day of school for the 2014-2015 academic year at Earl Boyles Elementary.
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Leyna plays with bubbles on the playground during the last day of school for the 2014-2015 academic year at Earl Boyles Elementary School.
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Austin screams for his friends to win on the last day of school for the 2014-2015 academic year, as he watches the older students participate in tug of war against each other.
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Johnathan sucks on a popsicle on the last day of school for the 2014-2015 academic year, as he watches the older students participate in tug of war against each other.
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Dude sucks on a popsicle on the last day of school for the 2014-2015 academic year, as he watches the older students participate in tug of war against each other.
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Rayshawn plays volleyball in the gymnasium during the last day of school for the 2014-2015 academic year at Earl Boyles Elementary School.
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Shelby watches the other students play tug-of-war against each other on the playground during the last day of school for the 2014-2015 academic year at Earl Boyles Elementary School.
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Anais makes a beaded neacklace during the last day of school for the 2014-2015 academic year at Earl Boyles Elementary School.
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Munira sucks on a popsicle on the last day of school for the 2014-2015 academic year, as she watches the older students participate in tug of war against each other.
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OPB has been following a group of 29 students in the Class of 2025. They all started as kindergarteners in 2012, at Earl Boyles Elementary School in Southeast Portland's David Douglas School District. Most of them are still there.
OPB has continued following students who have left Earl Boyles, and intends to keep following them to high school graduation in June 2025.
