Monday was a fun-filled day at Dibrell Elementary.
Maintenance man Paul Newby rode a bicycle through the halls. First-grade teacher Joyce Adcock got covered with Silly String, and principal Robbie Hitchcock tried to sleep all night on the roof.
This was all because they kept they word after students sold 10,000 fall festival tickets for $1 each during the school’s fall festival held in October.
Hitchcock promised to sleep on the roof if $10,000 was earned from ticket sales. She said the festival brought in over $15,700 in all, with ticket sales just surpassing the $10,000 mark.
 “I remember a principal from another school who gave that challenge,” said Hitchcock. “The students at his school met the challenge and he slept on the roof. I thought I would do the same.”
Hitchcock said Monday she was up to the challenge.
“I will have a tent, sleeping bag, a spotlight, warm coffee, a heater and snacks,” she said. “I may also talk my husband into spending the night up here with me. I have all the comforts here. There is a bathroom right downstairs.”
Hitchcock said Monday night was selected simply because the days in 2012 were running out and Dibrell played Morrison in a home basketball game.
“I will get to go to the game before I go up to bed,” said Hitchcock.
Unfortunately, Hitchcock was unable to spend the entire night on the roof when Mother Nature had other ideas.
“My husband was going to stay with me but we left about 11 p.m. because it was pouring rain. It just didn’t work out,” Hitchock said Tuesday. “The weather didn’t cooperate with us. We had a good time anyway. We are planning on rescheduling a full night on the roof, but it will be when the weather is warmer.”
As for other activites on Monday, Newby said he would ride a bike through schools halls if students sold 8,000 tickets.
“I think some kids thought I was too old to know how to ride a bike. I rode up and down the halls and I had a bell I would ring as I was turning a corner,” said Newby.
Many students only dream about doing what students in Adcock’s class were able to accomplish. Adcock’s first-graders covered her with Silly String during assembly because they sold the most $1 tickets for door prizes.