Fourth Graders Root, Root, Root for the Home Team!

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Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowds;
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back.
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win, it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game.

"The Greenville Drive game against Ashville went great! Of course, the best team won. And who would that be? The home team! We beat them 5-3. But we wouldn't have won without all the fans!"
--Fourth-grader Perrin McKissick

"Score Another Win: What a fantastic day it was yesterday on an early Wednesday morning. It was a perfedft day for a baseball game. The two teams playing were Ashville vs. Greenville Drive. The final score turned out to be 3 to 5, Ashville 3, Greenville 5. This game was filled with fun, from the hot sun shining in your face, to the smell of hot dogs and cotton day. There was even the fourth grade of Christ Church Episcopal School. What can you say? This game was filled with personality."
--Fourth-grader Nell Gray Rasmussen



After becoming immersed in the class read-aloud, Choosing Up Sides, by John H. Ritter, and exploring baseball metaphors, CCES fourth-graders were pumped to enjoy a game at the new Greenville Drive Stadium in Greenville's West End on April 23.



CCES dad Bob Kipper, a pitching coach for the Drive, made sure that our fourth-graders enjoyed a very special day. Student Jackson Kabas threw out the first pitch of the game, and (as reported by fourth-grader Benjamin O'Brien in his "sports article" detailing the day's activities), "at the bottom of the third inning, number 27 broke his bat. Two people from Christ Church got half of his bat."

Reporter Perrin McKissick picks up the story. "The fourth grade from CCES was part of the crowd. They participated by playing tug-of-war and hot potato. They also sang 'Take me out to the ballgame,' 'Sponge Bob Square Pants,' and 'Sweet Caroline.'

"The fourth-graders were there on a field trip. They loved their hot dog lunch. We'd like to thank our chaperones for participating. We'd also like to thank the fourth-grade teachers for making this possible. We hope you can go to a Drive game soon!"

Students followed up their adventure by writing sports articles. Nicole Seay even created a fan mail column for the event. Here's one of her sample questions:

"Dear Nicole, I have been to a Greenville Drive game before, and I've noticed that they have a mascot. Can you tell me something about the mascot? My friends are all so surprised I don't know about him. They are teasing me, and not knowing is driving me mad!--Mad About a Mascot

"Dear Mad, You're in luck. I happen to know quite a lot about this mascot. First of all, his name is Reedy, and he is a frog. Reedy loves to go out on the field and entertain the audience. He has a great sense of humor. Reedy is very competitive and is not afraid to cheat just to win....Hope you learned a lot!--Nicole"


We certainly learned a lot, Nicole, about how much fun CCES fourth-graders had at the Greenville Drive game!