Heather Keller (left), Amy Hawbaker (center), and Julia Kable (right) scoop and serve ice cream as a part of Bloomfield Elementary's last day of school celebration on Friday. Keller is Bllomfield's art teacher, Hawbaker is Bloomfield's librarian, and Kable is Bloomfield's ESL teacher. (Lindy Mercer)
First grade students Hailey Rosenbeck (center), Jordan Shannon (left), Bristol Bruggeman (left), Natalie Alig (right), and Rachel Muhlenkamp (right) dance in celebration at Bloomfield Elementary's last day of school extravaganza. (Lindy Mercer)
Tom Brinkerhoff, of TJ's Jammin' Tunes, DJed at the last day event. The students danced to his music all afternoon. (Lindy Mercer)
Principal Ben Dues signs a student's shirt to commemorate the 2024-2025 school year. Mr. Dues says that this year was a "bookend year of Bloomfield pulling together as a staff". He also said that this year flew by the fastest of all his years as principal. (Lindy Mercer)
Second grader, Madilyn Laux, age 8, dances to the "Macarena" during Bloomfield Elementary's last day of school celebration on Friday. (Lindy Mercer)
Kindergarten teacher, Carrie Byrum, celebrates with her students on the last day of school. (Lindy Mercer)
Raelee Chownings, third grade, celebrated the last day of school on the playground equipment. This summer, Raelee is looking forward to going to the beach in Florida. (Lindy Mercer)
A group of sixth-grade students performs "The Hokey Pokey" during Bloomfield's last day of school celebration. (Lindy Mercer)
Bloomfield Elementary has many traditions, one of them being the sixth graders running a lap to high-five all of the underclassmen on the last day of school. In the fall, these students will start at the Jay County Jr.-Sr. High School. (Lindy Mercer)
Bloomfield had "Class of 2031" shirts made for each of their sixth graders. Many students used this as an opportunity to commemorate the year by having their peers and teachers sign the shirts. (Lindy Mercer)
The last day of school at Bloomfield wouldn't be complete without all of the faculty lining the front yard to wave goodbye to their students for the summer. (Lindy Mercer)
A sign on the Dirksen's truck read "Veronica is free, thank you Bloomfield". (Lindy Mercer)
