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 Lincoln
Elementary School
Long Beach, CA Tracks A&D |
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KINGDOM OF READING — Lincoln Librarian Pam Sich proudly poses in front of a castle built to acknowledge the efforts of Lincoln students during their participation in The Jester & Pharley Phund Literacy & Outreach program Read-a-Thon. |
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BUILDING CASTLE WALLS — The castle is made of stones representing the number of pages read by Lincoln students during the weeklong Read-a-Thon. |
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LINCOLN LAUGHTER — On August 1, Track A&D students at Lincoln Elementary School began their joyous journey in support of The Jester & Pharley Phund's Literacy & Outreach program to help patients at Miller Children's Hospital of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. |
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SPECIAL GUEST — Brian Greene of Miller Children's Hospital thanks track A&D students of Lincoln Elementary School for their efforts to make a difference in the lives of the patients at Miller Children's Hospital. |
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A PHUND
GIFT — Student
representatives from each classroom received a copy of The Jester
Has Lost His Jingle and The Jester & Pharley Doll for their
class as part of The Literacy & Outreach Program sponosored by Toyota
Financial Services
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PHARLEYS
IN TRAINING — Sam & Melina of Lincoln Elementary
took time from their vacations to assist in the assemblies during visits
from The Jester's Mom.
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PROUD MOMENT
— Left, Barbara Saltzman, The Jester's Mom, and
librarian Pam Sich congratulate Abraham Lincoln Elementary students
from Tracks A & D, who gather on the playground for recognition
of their accomplishments. As part of The Jester & Pharley Phund
Literacy & Outreach Program, underwritten with a grant from Toyota
Financial Services, Tracks A & D students read more than 46,000
pages in one week to help bring Jester & Pharley books and dolls
to patients at Miller Children's Hospital of Long Beach Memorial Medical
Center.
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CERTIFICATES
OF DISTINCTION — Shirley
Dixon, Development Officer of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Foundation,
helps present jingling Jester certificates to top readers in each class.
"We are very proud of you and your classmates," she says.
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MEETING
THE CHALLENGE — Rita Bright, Director of Child
Life for Miller Children's Hospital, thanks Lincoln students for working
so hard to help the patients she helps care for. "You have made
their lives a lot brighter," she tells them. Students in more than
half the classrooms also created get well cards for patients, with class
representatives presenting Ms. Bright with bundles of greetings for
Miller Children's patients.
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REMARKABLE
GIFT — Volunteer
tutor Christopher Abasta accepts a special certificate on behalf of
Angela Adams' fourth grade class in recognition of "extraordinary
acts of kindness on behalf of ill children." Ms. Adams' fourth
graders, left, hold up The Jester & Pharley books and dolls their
class is donating to Miller Children's Hospital. The students, inspired
by David's story and its ability to help young patients cope with illness,
decided to use the $600 they earned for an overnight field trip to the
Long Beach Aquarium to instead help youngsters at Miller Children's.
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GENEROUS
GESTURE — Ms. Adams' fourth graders display
The Jester Has Lost His Jingle books and Jester & Pharley Dolls
that they presented to Rita Bright of Miller Children's for distribution
to patients at the Long Beach hospital. "I'm so very proud of these
children," says Miss Adams. "Their unselfish behavior and
compassion for others is a remarkable example for others. They have
learned something about caring that will last forever."
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| Read-a-Thon Results, Tracks A&D | |
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TRACK A&D WINNERS —The Jester's Mom and USC Assistant Athletic Director, Willie Brown congratulate Read-a-Thon winners (from left) Sothearit Soeuth, Bianka Sican, Lissette Navarrette, Omar Torrez and Jennifer Sandovol. |
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JINGLING CERTIFICATES — Each of the 229 students in Grades 1-5 who participated in the voluntary Read-a-Thon received a personalized Certificate of Participation. |
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During the seven day Read-a-Thon, 229 students from Lincoln Elementary Tracks A&D kept journals to document their reading. Most Pages Read Most Class Participants |
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