There was a party-like atmosphere on campus on Thursday, March 9, as the SMHS Dance Team opened the first ever Carver Dance-a-thon, which replaced the school’s annual Jog-a-thon event.
Event co-chairs Carmen Vishwanath and Nina Darling said they wanted to bring the community together and provide students with an opportunity to have fun with a new experience.
Teachers at each grade level, TK through 5th grade, chose music, choreographed a dance which they practiced with their class and coordinated a color theme for the different grades.
Teachers also performed their own dance, along with Principal Stuart Caldwell’s brief performance, which produced excited laughter and applause from students and parents.
Additionally, San Marino Unified School District officials came out to support the lively event, which raised more than $29,000 for the enrichment programs at the school.
Photos by Larissa Althouse
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Ellie Yap, Carlie Chuang, Lucian Mancilla, Cagan Yuksel and Stella Shih, Presley Mancilla, Lenster Hui, Keagan McGinley and Lukas Erema, Kate Woo, Lea Roumili and Audrey Le, Myla Ngoy, Chloe Noelle and Nikoo Otoukes, Bradley Chan, Alexander Khonsari and Jensen Shen, Viola Zhu, Symone Teng, Reylee Stubbs and Jillian Chon, Easton Tien, Mason Rodriguez, Cole Guerrero and Walton Chan, Shaina Chou, Esther Lian, Lydia Lin and Xin Xin Rong, Cali Sullivan, Tong Tong Ke, Shaaradha Arumugham and Meridian Ridgway, Kai Yu, Luck Tan, Greyson Wong and Emerson Yap Katherine Li, Addy Min, Lindsey Peng, Weiwei Pan and Sarah Duvall, Lenah Duvall, Sarah Yeh and Monroe Watlington, Ethan Le, Welo Chen, Joshua Newton and Doan Ma, Olivia Ho, Elif Turkal and May Guo, Mackenna Ryan, Lauren Suh, Holly Stranger, Cindy Xu and Peyton Kim, Howard Ma and Maddox Shen, Maxwell Zhou, Reagan Tanihaha and Mathew Morovati, Angela Zha, Joanna Liang and Julie Cheung, Lucy Ye, Juliette Moy, Margo Hyun Lopez and Olivia Chu, Isabella Donnelly, Olivia Morrison and Charlotte Lu, Event co-chairs Esther Yao and Parul Rastogi