THE DAY. WELL, I’VE NEVER BEEN TO ONE BEFORE. SLATER FOURTH GRADER CHARLES TYREE. IT’S A LITTLE BIT RAIN. RAIN GO AWAY. I WISH THE WEATHER WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT WHO’S KIDDING WHO THIS FIRST TIME ROYALS GAME FAN WOULD RATHER BE HERE WITH HIS PALS THAN IN CLASS ON THIS DAY, YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO WORK. NOPE. IT’S ALL PLAY AND SOME TEACHERS SAY THERE WERE NO SICK CALL OUTS THIS MORNING. YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO CONVINCE THEM TO COME. OH, NO, NO. WE HAVE ZERO KIDS ABSENT TODAY. THAT’S A MIRACLE IN ITSELF. BUT THEY SAY IT’S BEEN A LONG YEAR AND THESE KIDS DESERVE THIS. THEY DESERVE IT BECAUSE THEY WORK SO HARD ALL YEAR AND THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO. AND WHY NOT HAVE SOME FUN AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND ACTUALLY, THERE’S SOMETHING KIND OF FUN ABOUT A DAY IN THE RAIN. FOR SOME, IT MEANS FINDING A PONCHO, MAKING SURE TO BRING A HOODIE FOR OTHERS, IT’S A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE. YOU GOT A TRASH BAG ON? YEAH, HE ADDS, IF HE WERE IN SCHOOL, I’D PROBABLY BE DOING MATH RIGHT NOW. IS THIS BETTER THAN MATH? WAY BETTER THAN MATH BROTHERS. IT’S THE SAME STORY. WE DON’T HAVE TO DO ANY WORK, AND SCHOOL’S GETTING OUT ANYWAY. SO I GUESS THIS IS A NICE LITTLE TREAT. I WOULD BE OUT OF TRACK. ME RIGHT NOW. SO THIS IS WAY BETTER THOUGH.
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Kansas City Royals host area students for a rainy School Day at The K
“I’d probably be doing math. It’s better than math, way better than math,”
It was afternoon baseball at the K for many Kansas City-area students. Meaning around 10,000 local kids are getting out of classes for the day to watch some baseball.Despite the rain, it didn’t wash out the time-honored tradition of School Day at The K.For Slater fourth grader Charles Tyre, less rain would have been welcome. “Well, I’ve never been to one before,” Tyre said. "I wish the weather was a little better.”The first-time attendees would still much rather be with his pals watching the Royals than in class."We don’t have to do work,” Student Owen Schroeder said. It's all play today. Some teachers say there were no sick call-out days this morning."You didn’t have to convince them to come. Oh no, we have zero kids absent today. That’s a miracle in itself,” Olathe teacher Debbie Jones said. Teachers say it’s been a long year and that these kids deserve this.“They deserve it because they work so hard all year," Olathe teacher Christina Matthews said. "And they do everything they need to. Why not have some fun at the end of the year?”For some, there's something fun about a day out in the rain. For some, it means finding a poncho or, for others, a trash bag. “I’d probably be doing math. It’s better than math, way better than math,” Sixth grader Brexton White said. Despite the weather, the game against the White Sox today went on as scheduled. Plus, the Royals brought a win along with the rain.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
It was afternoon baseball at the K for many Kansas City-area students.
Meaning around 10,000 local kids are getting out of classes for the day to watch some baseball.
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Despite the rain, it didn’t wash out the time-honored tradition of School Day at The K.
For Slater fourth grader Charles Tyre, less rain would have been welcome.
“Well, I’ve never been to one before,” Tyre said. "I wish the weather was a little better.”
The first-time attendees would still much rather be with his pals watching the Royals than in class.
"We don’t have to do work,” Student Owen Schroeder said.
It's all play today. Some teachers say there were no sick call-out days this morning.
"You didn’t have to convince them to come. Oh no, we have zero kids absent today. That’s a miracle in itself,” Olathe teacher Debbie Jones said.
Teachers say it’s been a long year and that these kids deserve this.
“They deserve it because they work so hard all year," Olathe teacher Christina Matthews said. "And they do everything they need to. Why not have some fun at the end of the year?”
For some, there's something fun about a day out in the rain. For some, it means finding a poncho or, for others, a trash bag.
“I’d probably be doing math. It’s better than math, way better than math,” Sixth grader Brexton White said.
Despite the weather, the game against the White Sox today went on as scheduled. Plus, the Royals brought a win along with the rain.
