Sewickley Academy lower school students hold Winter Olympics

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Pre-K students at the opening ceremony on Feb. 8, 2022.

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Fifth-grade Olympic medal winners Payton Mitchell, Madelyn Lanza, Danika Knapp and Johan Harmon.

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Winter Olympics medalist Layla Gunter, second grade.

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Curtis Wilson and Nashton Donnelly held the Austrian flag for the kindergarten class during the Opening Ceremony on Feb. 8, 2022.

To coincide with the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Sewickley Academy hosted its own Winter Olympics for the Pre-K through fifth-grade students.

Each class was assigned a country and their Olympic events – speedskating, biathlon, curling, slalom skiing and hockey – were held during physical education classes Feb. 9-17. Student-athletes received lanyards and badges identifying the countries they represented, and Olympic finalists for each sport from each grade received medals crafted by ceramics teacher David LaLomia.

All Pre-K and kindergarten students had the opportunity to decorate their own medals.

Students’ families gathered in the Events Center Gymnasium for opening ceremonies on Feb. 8 and for Closing Ceremonies and medal distribution on Feb. 25, both of which were also live-streamed for anyone unable to attend.