Everett Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Ian B. Saltzman gets drenched with a bucket of ice water on Thursday, March 24, at Cedar Wood Elementary School in Bothell. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Everett Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Ian B. Saltzman gets drenched with a bucket of ice water on Thursday, March 24, at Cedar Wood Elementary School in Bothell. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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GALLERY: Local teachers drenched to celebrate fundraiser

Students at Cedar Wood Elementary celebrated their fundraiser by dumping buckets of ice water on educators.

BOTHELL — Students and staff of Cedar Wood Elementary School celebrated their successful participation in the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge by gathering in the school’s courtyard and dumping buckets of ice water on five willing educators Thursday afternoon in Bothell.

Students raised over $20,000 for the AHA during the months of February and March and took on a number of physical challenges to live healthier during that same time.

Cedar Wood teachers Ailady Avila, Katelyn Pancake-Boal and John Pappas, alongside principal Bruce Rhodes and Everett Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Ian B. Saltzman, braved the ice cold water one by one to reward their students for their fundraising efforts.

See below for a photo gallery from the event

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Cedar Wood principal Bruce Rhodes reacts as he gets drenched. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Students help douse second grade teacher Katelyn Pancake-Boal with water. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Fourth grade teacher Ailady Avila becomes the first of five teachers to get water dumped on her head. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
John Pappas, a fourth grade teacher, tries to protect himself with a cocktail umbrella to no avail. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Cedar Wood principal Bruce Rhodes reacts as he gets drenched. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Students help douse second grade teacher Katelyn Pancake-Boal with water. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Fourth grade teacher Ailady Avila becomes the first of five teachers to get water dumped on her head. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

John Pappas, a fourth grade teacher, tries to protect himself with a cocktail umbrella to no avail. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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