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Elementary Students Challenged to Read for 200,000 Minutes

Green Bay Press Gazette

Sturgeon Bay elementary students have until Friday to hand in their minutes for the Parent Teacher Groups summer reading challenge. Before school let out for the summer the Sturgeon Bay elementary Parent Teacher Group challenged students to read, as a whole, for a total of 200,000 minutes by Sept. 7. If students reach this goal elementary principal Ann Smejkal will dye her hair a color of their choosing.

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