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Little cars bring good tidings for G.I. teachers
By Harold Reutter
The Grand Island Independent
Posted Dec 02, 2008 @ 10:21 PM
GRAND ISLAND —
Students
and teachers in eight Grand Island schools got a surprise Tuesday when
a remote-control race car buzzed into their classrooms bearing a
laminated check on its roof.
Students were clearly puzzled by the car that scooted through the open door before making its way to the teacher.
But teachers themselves had a quick answer to the mystery when they saw
Traci Skalberg, executive director of the Grand Island Education
Foundation, follow the car into the room.
That's when they knew they had written a successful classroom
mini-grant. That didn't stop teachers from wearing wide smiles as they
plucked the laminated checks from the car.
Young students, already grinning because of the car, became even more
excited when their teachers read off the check amounts and told them
what the money would be used for.
At Wasmer Elementary, the scene was repeated six times for two different grants.
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