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One last beach party before school starts

| 06 Sep 2012 | 01:15
    Photos by Ginny Raue Good friends Jacalynne Wyatt, left, and Allison Reid, are excited to be headed back to macopin for their eighth grade year. They enjoyed the beach party last week and spending time together this summer.
    Photos by Ginny Raue Good friends Jacalynne Wyatt, left, and Allison Reid, are excited to be headed back to macopin for their eighth grade year. They enjoyed the beach party last week and spending time together this summer.
    Everyone was up and dancing at the party, including the boys.
    Everyone was up and dancing at the party, including the boys.
    What a great combination: good friends, sand, music, hot dogs, and a chilly swim. It equaled a fun night out before school starts.
    What a great combination: good friends, sand, music, hot dogs, and a chilly swim. It equaled a fun night out before school starts.
    Some sand dancing.
    Some sand dancing.
    Splash! The kids stayed mostly out of the water until they were told there was just 10 minutes left of twilight to swim. Suddlenly, it was the thing they wanted to do most.
    Splash! The kids stayed mostly out of the water until they were told there was just 10 minutes left of twilight to swim. Suddlenly, it was the thing they wanted to do most.
    A little cool for swimming, but tossing the football was fun on the beach.
    A little cool for swimming, but tossing the football was fun on the beach.
    Danciing in the sand was a big part of the beach party fun for incoming Macopin Middle School students at Bubbling Springs Park. It was a great way to bid farewell to summer.
    Danciing in the sand was a big part of the beach party fun for incoming Macopin Middle School students at Bubbling Springs Park. It was a great way to bid farewell to summer.
    These friends will see eachother a lot now that school is starting, just not on the beach. For more photos from the beach party, go to westmilfordmessenger.com.
    These friends will see eachother a lot now that school is starting, just not on the beach. For more photos from the beach party, go to westmilfordmessenger.com.

WEST MILFORD — With just one week left of summer vacation, Macopin Middle School students got to enjoy one last beach party at Bubbling Springs last week. Sponsored by the township's Department of Community Services and Recreation and CASA, the incoming seventh and eighth graders got to swim and dance the night away.
Activity in the lake was limited since it was a cool evening, but kids played other games during the night, including tossing a football.
And while the summer seemed to have gone by fast for most of the beach goers, many were looking forward to the upcoming school year.
Jacalynne Wyatt and Allison Reid are good friends who spent much of the summer together at the beach. The 13-year-olds are both heading into the eighth grade at Macopin. Allison said she's happy to be going back to school.
"I've heard the teachers are nice," she said. She's also looking forward to her workshop elective class.
Jacalynne, too, is looking forward to school, especially her second year of Spanish class.
"I'm excited for school, to get to see all my friends again," she said.
It was a great night for the kids, one last hurrah before they hit the books and get down to business.