More than 300 Irving students camped out last weekend as part of the annual Irving Sleepover, an event that started in 1998.
From 7 p.m. Friday night through Saturday at 8 a.m., the students played outside and participated in night-time activities inside, such as playing in the gym, or sand art, spin art, airbrush tattoos, board games and Lego. A DJ – building engineer Frank DiPaolo – dropped tunes for ambiance. The students slept in classrooms, the library and the gym with parent and staff chaperones.
“I loved that my mom could come and help chaperone and we could be there together with lots of choices of fun activities,” said third-grader Carys Draper.