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June 18, 2009 in City
On final day, sixth-graders get a flamboyant farewell
Sixth-grader Kalvin Thomas walks a gantlet of confetti-armed teachers and staffers Wednesday, his last day of school at Jefferson Elementary School. A parade of confetti marks Jefferson sixth-graders’ passage to middle school.
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As “Pomp and Circumstance” played on the piano, Jefferson Elementary School sixth-graders paraded around the gym Wednesday for an opportunity to have multi-colored confetti drizzled over their heads, a long-time tradition at the South Hill school.
Principal Mary-Dean Wooley started the practice 20 years ago. Paper from shredders and hole punchers is saved all year and handed out to staff, faculty and parents at the year-end assembly.
It’s a sort of passage to middle school.
“I don’t know what they’d do without it,” Wooley said.
“I’ve looked forward to it,” said sixth-grader Tanner Comes. “But now it’s down …
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