School News
- Last Updated on Thursday, 30 March 2017 17:20
By Michelle Taylor
On Monday, February 27, Elizabeth Forward Middle School filled three buses with 8th grade students, staff, and selected chaperones to go to the PPG Paints Arena to watch the Pittsburgh Penguins take the ice in a routine practice.
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| With over 8,000 students and staff in attendance, Elizabeth Forward got front row seats to the Pittsburgh Penguins practice. |
The arena was filled with over 20 different school districts and over 8,000 people, but the EF students got front row seats. While watching the practice, the students were educated on what each drill was, which included goalie shots and a practice game. When Marc-Andre Fleury wasn't practicing, he attempted to toss pucks up and through the net to the students, and when the practice was over, Sidney Crosby threw about 20 pucks into the audience.
After the event, the students enjoyed lunch at the concession stands and then watched excitedly to see if they would be some of the people the jumbo-tron would feature for a few minutes of fame. Then the arena played around 15 minutes of songs that the students danced and sang to until it was time to leave. Surely, this will be a memory that will last well into the future.
