Photo by LORETTA JACKSON Some of the fourth-grade students warming in the sun after having some fun at various water games and spending some time on the Merrimack Fire and Rescue Department’s water slide include these participants, from left, Jonathan Cunha, Sophia Wilbrenner, Amelia Fricano, Summer Krug, Lilly Homer and Chloe Levesque, all of whom participated in school-wide activities that were a part of the Reeds Ferry School's annual Fun Day, a tradition of 38 years.

Merrimack’s Reeds Ferry Elementary School hosted its 38th annual Fun Day on June 12, with a schoolwide celebration that included indoor games, craft sessions and face painting, along with outdoor delights provided by the Merrimack Fire and Rescue Department, whose personnel provided cascades of fire-hosed water for two water slides, one of which is enjoyed here by Shea Egan, foreground, and Paige Mason, both fourth-grade students.

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A high level of agility is displayed by Felix Rattunde, a Reeds Ferry fourth-grader, seen here answering the challenge of a relay game, which entailed his recovery of as many golf balls as possible from the bottom of this water-filled can and a run with his cache to teammates at the far end of the grassy field.

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Some of the volunteers hosting the event, included, from left, Merrimack Fire and Rescue Department Fire Marshall John Manuele; Robert “Mr. G” Gidari, Reeds Ferry Physical Education teacher and Rachel Schneider, assistant principal of Reed’s Ferry.

Photo by LORETTA JACKSON A high level of agility is displayed by Felix Rattunde, a fourth-grader seen here answering the challenge of a relay game that entailed his recovery of as many golf balls as possible from the bottom of this water-filled can and a run with his cache to teammates at the far end of the grassy field, a site where outdoor events included the relay races and two water slides lubricated with jets of water shot from heavy-duty fire hoses manned by Merrimack Fire and Rescue Department volunteers at Reeds Ferry School’s most recent Fun Day.

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Reeds Ferry fourth-graders warming in the sun after having some fun at various water games and on the Merrimack Fire and Rescue Department’s water slide. Pictured, from left, are: Jonathan Cunha, Sophia Wilbrenner, Amelia Fricano, Summer Krug, Lilly Homer and Chloe Levesque.

Photo by LORETTA JACKSON Some of the many volunteers hosting the Reeds Ferry Elementary School Fun Day included these supporters, from left, Merrimack Fire and Rescue Department Fire Marshall John Manuele; Robert “Mr. G” Gidari, the school’s teacher of Physical Education for 38 years; and Rachel Schneider, assistant principal of Reed’s Ferry, who along with Principal Kimberly Yarlott and many other staffers ensured an exciting day for the children.

Overline Fun Day celebrated at Reeds Ferry School Photo by LORETTA JACKSON Reeds Ferry Elementary School on Lyons Road in Merrimack launched its 38th annual Fun Day on Tuesday, June 12, with a school-wide celebration that included indoor games, craft sessions and face painting, along with outdoor delights provided by the Merrimack Fire and Rescue Department, whose personnel provided cascades of fire-hosed water for two water slides, one of which is enjoyed here by Shea Egan, foreground, and Paige Mason, both fourth-grade students.