Staff Writer
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| Coach Todd and other teachers doing the Electric Slide |
When passing the 300s classrooms on their Friday walks to class,
students have come across something unusual: teachers breaking out into song
and dance. Reactions amongst the students vary from excited to confused. Danita
Jones explains, “It started last year. We were all standing in the hallway,
talking about all the different changes that were being made in education. We
started talking about what we could do to increase teacher morale, so we decided
we would do something fun.”
Adam Oltmans claims the idea of Danceline Fridays was thought of by
Mrs. Jones with support from Kevin Todd and himself. “At the end of the long
week, you have a lot of pent up frustration and the weekend to look forward to,
so it’s kind of like where those two meet- an explosion of fun and optimism…
and dancing,” adds Oltmans.
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| Mr. Oltmans & Ms. Jones dancing through the halls |
“We’ve done the electric slide two weeks in a row but my favorite is
probably Michael Jackson or Diana Ross,” Jones says. “I don’t think I’m the
best dancer out there. I actually think Coach Todd and Mr. Oltmans probably
have the best moves.”
Oltmans claims he will dance to anything, “Sometimes it’s just the
freestyle groove, but I also like the robot.”
The trio encourages students to get involved. “It’s not Footloose.
Dancing is not prohibited,” Oltmans says. “Their reactions reflect the boredom
that students exhibit on a daily basis. They think that adults are boring and
lame but they don’t realize they’re the boring lame ones. The kids need to get
involved. It’s fun. Just dance.”
Jones wants all the students to know, “Despite all the changes in
education and all the things that make us sad, knowing that just a simple
dance, small things like music on Fridays,
does make us happy. We love our job,
we love
kids, and we love what we do.”
