Students at Tara Elementary School donned grass skirts and leis April 15, as they enjoyed a luau event with their families.
“I like to dress up,” 6-year-old Isabella Miller said, looking down at her grass skirt.
Festivities included hula and other dance performances, carnival-style games, pizza and snacks and other Hawaiian-inspired festivities.
Children in Tara's voluntary pre-kindergarten program perform a Hawaiian-inspire dance.
Briella Platt, Faith Geluso, Shae Schooley and Alexa Karr perform a hula dance with others in Tara's after-school program.
Mark and Savanna Lochner enjoy cookies while waiting for a friend.
Kinsey, Kamryn, Gabby and Lillian Coombs have a feast.
Omar Diaz and his step-son, Dominic Herrera, eat cookies.
Food and activities had a Hawaiian theme.
Braden River High School's Camryn Diss helps Kaleb Nonnemaker, 4, "go fish." He wins a piece of candy.
Hailey and Isabella Padgett have a bubble gum flavored snow cone with their mom, Alexandra.
Victor Oliveira, 5, dresses up his snow cone with the night's theme.
Isabella Miller, 6, likes getting dressed up.
Chloe Meinczinger, front, dances with her friend, Lacey Fox, as Bella Alerico, left, watches.
Abigail and Raquel Guttierez attend their first luau.
Maria and Isabella Hadfeg enjoy the night's activities.
Jakub Dolan, pictured with his father, Chris, is in fourth grade.
Two-year-old Elise Brughelli dances with her mother, Jennifer. They couldn't get her brother, Mason, 9, on the dance floor.
Brooklyn McCutchan and Shae Schooley show off their back bend talents.
Megan and Adam Wilcox bring their son, Jack, center, who turns 4 on April 29.
Elia Wilson, front, performs to "Gotta Be Me" with the Tara Dance Team.
Josh Moore, Luke Duffy and Jameel Al-Absi have mutual friends.
