YOUTH APPRECIATION
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■ Anjolia Amicone, a second-grader at F. Amedee Bregy School, will be recognized with a Youth Apprecation Award June 3 at southphillyreview. com/news/youth.
Throwback Quiz ■ Our Throwback Quiz, which was featured in our May 16 issue, is a 10-question trivia challenge pertaining to well-known locals. Submissions with the correct answers will be entered into a random drawing to win tickets to the July 18 Pizza Olympics. Page 10.
SPORTS
■ An East Passyunk Crossingbased athlete adjusted to a new sport with a second-place district championships result.
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A Passyunk Square resident won an award for her instruction of autistic pupils at a Lower Moyamensing school.
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Michele McKeone and her students have seen their rapport grow through their use of her prize-winning website.
ver her six-year teaching tenure at South Philadelphia High School, 2101 S. Broad St., Michele McKeone has stressed the need for perseverance, knowing that her pupils, all learners on the autistic spectrum, will face unfair perceptions as they strive for social integration. The special education instructor emulated the thriv-
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ing teenagers May 8, as she overcame a global group of applicants to receive the Educational Services of America Prize for Innovation in the Fields of Special Education and At-Risk Students for Autism Expressed, her two-year-old Web-based aid for acclimating youngsters to technology. “I was ecstatic because it is very rewarding to have the opportunity to share my vision,” the
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The competitive spirits are being pushed aside as the Fancy Brigade clubs head back to North Wildwood for their 19th annual June gathering.
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