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Students and their families enjoyed stories read by Joann Lawson from the Central Rappahannock Regional Library during Family Literacy Night recently. Everyone was served some specially made storybook-character cookies made for the night's event by members of Aquia Episcopal Church. The church members also provided dinner for the evening.

Kindergarten immunizations are today at 9 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. The Daisy Girl Scout Group meets today.

Parents needing help finding employment should attend the Job Search Training workshop tomorrow from 10 a.m. to noon.

Ident-i-Kid will be at the school Friday at 9 a.m.

The next Family Literacy Night activities will be Monday at 5 p.m. Aquia Episcopal Church will provide food for the evening.

Students attending kindergarten at Rockhill, Garrisonville and Margaret Brent elementaries in the fall will tour the schools Tuesday at 10 a.m. Parents are invited to attend the tours, but they must meet the group at the schools by 10 a.m.

Students of the Week were: Jennifer Flores, James Jackson, Justess Squire, Celso Mejia-Gallegos, Dalonta Gay, Tatiana Glover, Jazmine Garrison, Kyle Rush, Kaleb Fines, Dayshawn Goslin and Emily Mayberry.

--Alice Thompson

The following classes are Spirit Day winners for the month of April:

Kindergarten--Erica Butler, Sonserea Martinez, Teri Catencamp and Kathy Evans.

First grade--Susan Keys and Leslie Panaro.

Second grade--Barbara West, Merilee Grubb, Emily Schrauben and Christine Elder.

Fourth grade--Kathleen Pollock and Robyn Considine.

Fifth grade--Ann Kingman.

--Carmen Healy

The Athletes of the Month for March were fifth-graders Jake Boles and Janah Barber.

Leslie Martin's first-grade class won a pizza party from CiCi's for having the highest student attendance at last week's PTO night.