
Confetti flutters into the air like sparks and an assembly of students break into a a roar Feb. 9 as Pine Meadow Elementary Principal Sara Nelson lights a “torch” and holds it high in the air signifying the beginning of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Team U.S.A. members (left to right) Madison Bruzek, 9; Alex Kenyon, 10; and Sophie Heathcote, 10, watch excitedly Feb. 9 as each classroom proudly marches into the Pine Meadow Elementary gymnasium sporting their countries’ colors and flags to commemorate the beginning of the 2018 Winter Olympics.