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Vol. 71 No. 34 | Aug. 22, 2018 southphillyreview.com
GRACE MAIORANO/South Philly Review
Running the bases and taking some swings, the Phillie Phanatic and Phillie Rhys Hoskins pump students up for the start of the new school year at the kick off of the inaugural #RingTheBellPHL citywide campaign – an effort to get kids, teachers, parents, faith-based communities and businesses pumped for the new school year.
Off and running: By Grace Maiorano SOUTH PHILLY REVIEW
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verlooking right field, the Phillie Phanatic climbed to an upper deck of Citizens Bank Park last week to ring
the stadium’s signature Liberty Bell. Although it was a few hours before the first pitch against the Red Sox, the bell went berserk to remind the city of the first day of school, Aug. 27, as this is the first time the School District of Philadelphia is holding the start of
Phillies, mayor, superintendent and students get fired up for school year at Citizens Bank Park classes before Labor Day for all students. Last Wednesday, Mayor Jim Kenney, Superintendent Dr. William Hite, Phillies left fielder Rhys Hoskins and dozens of young students gathered at the Major League ballpark to kick off
the inaugural #RingTheBellPHL citywide campaign – an effort to get kids, teachers, parents, faith-based communities and businesses pumped for the new school year. “We’re asking everyone across the city to ring a bell at 8 a.m. on Monday,
Aug. 27,” Hite said. “It can be a real bell. It can be a school bell. It can be a doorbell, a bike bell or a bell sound on your cell phone but anything to get our city buzzing about the start of school.” Hite says the district has spent the See PHILLIES, page 8>>
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