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Highland Park launches districtwide fifth-grade–first-grade reading-buddies program
Summary
Highland Park Elementary presented a program pairing every fifth grader with a first grader for monthly reading and craft activities; administrators said the pairing accounts for student needs such as shyness and English-language learning and that the program will continue annually.
Highland Park Elementary School presented a new reading-buddies program on Feb. 11 that pairs the entire fifth grade with first-grade students for monthly reading and craft activities, Principal Joanne DeVito said. DeVito introduced newly arrived assistant principal William Smalls and described the program’s goals: build relationships, improve early reading skills…
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