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DANCE INSTRUCTORS ENLIST HERRICK STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE VARIOUS DANCES AT EACH FORTNIGHTLY SESSION.
Modern Manners & Timeless Moves Etiquette and dance classes are back for eighth graders in District 58
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riday nights around town this winter may have seemed a bit quieter than usual, at least at some typical teen hangouts. That’s because many eighth graders headed back to campus for a series of five or six dance and etiquette classes at Herrick and O’Neill Middle
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Schools respectively. Organized by the school PTAs, the programs are long-standing traditions within District 58. Having run annually for decades, these middle school rites of passage were paused last year due to COVID-19. However, the etiquette and 20
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dance classes were back in the swing of things this winter – often quite literally. At the weekly classes, students learned various dances such as the Waltz, Tango, Charleston, Merengue and Salsa. Taught by professional instructors, eighth graders would watch the steps modeled,
