That’s exactly what the Boys & Girls Club of Wooster, Wooster City Schools, the Wayne County Public Library and Pallotta Ford Lincoln did for elementary and middle school students, along with their parents, Saturday in the form of the third annual Back to School Bash.
This year, the event was held at the main branch of the library downtown, where the students had a chance to play games, have fun with inflatables, listen to music and get some adults soaking wet.
Stacey Walter brought her children, Zane, who is almost 3 years old, and Zoe, 5, to the bash. Zane had fun hitting a plastic ball off a tee, while Zoe was checking things out. She will be headed to kindergarten this year.
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“We’re trying to get kids excited about going back to school,” Montelione said.
All of the parent-teacher organizations had a presence at the bash as a way to connect with the students and their parents.
David Hargrave, executive director of OHuddle, a one-on-one mentoring program, was there to introduce the organization to the community.
“Our philosophy is to treat kids as a resource to be invested in, not a problem to be fixed, regardless of the struggles they have,” Hargrave said.
Karen Arbogast, the school district’s director of elementary education, said she appreciated the work of the Boys & Girls Club and being in partnership with the organization. The district was promoting the elementary and middle school PTO groups and trying to recruit kids for the Generals Club and the Littlest Generals.
C.J. Furlong, 10, who is going into the fifth grade at Edgewood Middle School, was having fun playing a game called 9 Square in the Air. He described it as a combination between 4 Square and