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Third-graders present 'Exploring Perspectives' letters at Newington board meeting
Summary
Ruth L. Chaffee students presented work from the Exploring Perspectives literacy unit — a classroom project that had third-graders research an advocate and write letters urging change — at the Newington Board of Education meeting on May 28, 2025.
At the May 28 Newington Board of Education meeting, third-graders from Ruth L. Chaffee School presented work from a literacy unit called Exploring Perspectives, a classroom module that asks students to research advocates, write letters and practice public speaking.
The program, principal Jim Marciano told the board, “engages critical thinking about multiple perspectives” and is organized around four domains: diversity, identity, fairness and action. Third-grade teacher Miss Aguirre described the culminating assignment — “This project is called letter to an advocate” — as the unit’s way of having students…
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