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Duke School held its fourth annual Grandparents Day for the Lower School on May 12th, 2005. Grandparents, other relatives and special friends gathered in the Lower School gym for registration and a continental breakfast. Sandy Gillespie, Acting Head of School, welcomed a crowd of 175. Kathy Bartelmay next displayed a wonderful power point presentation which beautifully captured the essence of a Duke School education. The assembly concluded with songs performed by Kindergartners & First Graders and by Third Graders.
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PreSchool-Grade 2-Arnie is sad because he has no one to bring to Grandparents' Day at school. When he tells his older friends, Ms. Childs the librarian, Jerry the custodian, Coach Ed, Madame Jeanne from the Paris Dress Shop, and Bill and Dottie at the bakery, they all show up at school on the big day and surprise him. Bright, cheery, cartoonlike illustrations of the animal characters carry out the upbeat tone of the story. This is a great way of showing the caring and sharing within a community, and the importance of "honorary" grandparents in a child's life.
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The unnamed protagonist in this story is told that Omi is coming to school to talk to the class on Grandparents' Day. Omi is an unusual character in that she doesn't seem like other people's grandmothers. Instead, she sports rubber boots held together with duct tape, collects bugs, lives on a boat, travels around the world, and speaks her mind.
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"I thought Grandparents Day was great for our campus to do because school is not always about school it's about family," Scott Falk, campus pastor, said. "When grandparents come it helps the teachers and students get the sense of family, is with them and that your family supports our school."
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