Carnival Fun at Scarsdale Elementary Schools

A combination of creative parents, enthusiastic kids and sun from Mother Nature made this year's carnivals at all five elementary schools a success in Scarsdale. Here are photos and a recap from each one.

Edgewood: This year Sheila Shigekawa and Becka Kinoshita co-chaired the Edgewood Elementary Fair on Saturday May 9. As they are both from Hawaii, they had an Edgewood Luau theme! The chairs report that it was a great community day filled with Hawaiian themed fun. The kids seemed to enjoy it all. In addition to traditional carnival games and rides, our Luau offered an authentic Polynesian Show (with dancers from Hawaii), tropical orchids for sale in our Plants Booth, a Tiki Rock Wall climbing ride, a Hawaiian Shave Ice truck, Candy Leis made in a craft booth, and a Beach Boutique offering handicrafts (jewelry, notecards, etc..) all made by Hawaiian artists. The Luau ended with the auction of a custom airbrushed skateboard generously donated by well-known Hawaiian artist and professional surfer, Jeannie Chesser. It was a wonderful "visit" to Hawaii, all without having to leave Scarsdale.

Greenacres: The Circus was in town. Greenacres students and their families experienced magic under the big top when they gathered Saturday for the annual school carnival. This year's carnival had a circus theme, and there were circus performers, live animals, fun rides, crafts, and opportunities for students to learn tricks of the circus trade.. Of course, no circus would be complete without the mandatory popcorn and cotton candy. Said one Greenacres alum, now a high school freshman, "This is so much better than when we were at Greenacres!" The event was co-chaired by Erika Rublin and Betsy Crouch.

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Fox Meadow: Carnival co-chairs Wendy MacMillan, Veronica Olivieri and Regina Han Jansky were decked out in circus theme outfits by the Japanese moms. The children loved the circus performers, euro bungee, bumper cars, karaoke machine and visit with the Fox.

Circus workshops and shows ran through out the day. Children also enjoyed making unique crafts sponsored by the Multicultural committee. There was great attendance with several hundred people attending the fair over the 4-hour time span. Many younger siblings and some alumni as well all enjoying the arcade games, euro bungee, bumper cars, circus shows and workshops and, of course the 5th Grade dunk tank.

Lange's Deli manned the barbeque and everyone enjoyed the food and desserts sold by the fifth graders. The Fox Meadow fox made an appearance for photos and many children posed with the decorated foxes.

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Heathcote: Chaired by Amy Frank, the theme at Heathcote this year was Rock-n-Roll. The kids loved the carnival games, double giant slide and the tubs-of fun-ride. At the end of carnival there was a raffle drawing in which the kids could win a guitar signed by each student in each grade.

Quaker Ridge: Carnival co-chairs Stephanie Klingsberg, Keely Mann and Erin Bass report that a sweet time was had by all at the Quaker Ridge School Candy Land themed carnival! Over 400 kids enjoyed the bounce houses, rides, face painting, arts and crafts, cake walk, photo booth, Coach Steve, candy themed games, the 5th grade dunk tank, amazing raffle prizes donated by local stores, cotton candy, sno-cones, and so much more. The PTA thanks carnival sponsors Platinum Drive Realty, Pepsico, Sharon's Sorbet, Houlihan Lawrence, Standing Room Only, and Amore Pizza and the entire Quaker Ridge School community for making this event such a great success.

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