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Incoming Fifth Graders Unlock Locker Skills

Published: Aug 21, 2018 08:30 AM

Reed Intermediate School fifth graders were invited to visit the school on August 8 and 15 to practice opening lockers.

For students in Newtown Public Schools, fifth grade is the first chance to use lockers. Reed Principal Anne Uberti and Assistant Principal Jill Bontatibus-Beaudry welcomed or spoke to them as they practiced opening lockers on August 15.

“Today is just to practice,” Ms Bontatibus-Beaudry reminded the students, who will be assigned lockers at the start of the 2018-19 school year.

Incoming fifth grader Kesslyn Alvarez, pictured turning the dial on a locker, swiftly opened one locker on August 15, the second day for students to practice opening lockers at Reed Intermediate School. —Bee Photo, Hallabeck

Incoming fifth grader Cameron Longhi pauses between opening lockers at Reed Intermediate School on August 15 to take a picture with his mother, Sheila Longhi. —Bee Photo, Hallabeck

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