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Boogie Down Brittmore: Last-Day-of-School Splash

By Jordan Magaziner Steinfeld, Staff writer | June 3, 2016

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Boogie Down Brittmore: The Rummel Creek community and surrounding neighbors make a splash on the last day of school every year.

Every year, on the last day of school, Rummel Creek Elementary School students and families enjoy a long-standing tradition to celebrate the end of the year. The entire school lines up and down Brittmore St. in Memorial. Families and neighbors bring water coolers to get ready.

Rummel Creek Elementary School students and families celebrate the last day of school with a splash. The school community and neighbors line up and down Brittmore St. and throw water balloons at the fifth graders. Then everyone heads to the Plaza Oaks pool. (Video: Christine Roe)

Then, the fifth graders run through the street from the school to the Plaza Oaks pool, as other students, parents and neighbors throw water balloons at them to celebrate graduation and the end of the year.

Incoming fifth graders at Rummel Creek Elementary (from left): Owen Walker, Daylan Rushing, Adam Gilbert, Tyler Willard, Jacob Katterhenry, Connor Couch and Sam Sullivan. These boys were excited that this was their last year on the sidelines. Next year they will be running through the street as fifth graders. (Photo: Marli Couch)

It’s been such an unforgettable tradition for at least 20 years; many adults today remember it as one of their fondest memories of Rummel Creek.

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