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• Snips of hair here and there 

  by Kristi Funderburk on June 22nd, 2010 | Comment

  

  By Alex Harcharek Daily Journal Staff Writer

  With a few snips of the scissors, educators at Petway Elementary School taught students a valuable lesson about charity and giving back.

  Principal Jennifer Frederico challenged students in March, shortly after the Read Across America celebration, to log 4,000 hours of reading over the course of [...]

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• Sabater students help Haiti 

  by Kristi Funderburk on March 9th, 2010 | Comment

  

  Students from Sabater Elementary School recently presented a check to the American Red Cross for $2,059. for the Haiti earthquake relief effort.

  The funds were collected by students and staff, said Jon Craig, a third grade teacher at Sabater who organized the drive.

  "All of this money was collected in-house from a concerned Sabater family [...]

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• With parties here and there, Vineland students celebrate Dr. Seuss everywhere 

  by Kristi Funderburk on March 3rd, 2010 | Comment

  

  Vineland Public Schools celebrated the March 2 birthday of Dr. Seuss and "Read Across America.

  The Johnstone Elementary birthday celebration welcomed 93-year-old Charles Guenther, a guest reader at the school on Read Across America for many years.

  Guenther said the only gift he wanted for his birthday was to present hand-crafted bookmarks to Ed Wright's kindergarten [...]

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• Petway plans week around reading 

  by Kristi Funderburk on February 8th, 2010 | Comment

  Students at Petway Elementary have a packed schedule to celebrate Read Across America, a celebration of reading planned each year around Dr. Suess's birthday on March 2.

  The school is planned to celebrate every day starting Feb. 17 with a different Seuss theme and accompanying activity, said Debbie Eisinger, Petway's media specialist. This year the [...]

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