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october 2012 INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Senior life Linda Wiggins
Teachers Sandra McKee and Penny King, with students Mark Christian and Lily Rebadow, model their class’ Angry Birds schoolcrow, to be autioned off at the Oct. 13 Scarecrow Stroll & Harvest Festival for their school.
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Angry Birds give students something to crow about By linda WigginS
When co-classroom moms Aran Hissam and April McCoy asked their sons, Braden Hissam and Landon McCoy, what theme they wanted for their “schoolcrow,” to be entered in the Scarecrow Stroll & Harvest Festival Oct. 13, they both shouted “Angry Birds!” Their classmates in Sandra McKee and Penny King’s tandem-teaching class at Suntree Elementary School confirmed it with a resounding, “Yeah!” “We wanted to do something they could all get excited about, because they are all crazy about that game,”
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Aran Hissam said about the smart phone app where birds are slung at pigs to knock them down. Braden’s grandfather, Norman Cote, led the crow creation team. Hissan added, “It’s also great that thousands of people, including family and friends, will be coming by to marvel at their idea and creation. That’s always so encouraging and influential to children.” Plus, all of the money from the auction of the schoolcrows at the Harvest Festival will go back to the schools that created them. Money from the auction of scarecrows made by businesses and nonprofit agencies
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