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Zoom into school
Kindergarten teacher Marylin Prysi goes over sight words with her students on Zoom on March 24 at Villas Elementary School in Fort Myers. She said her students began reaching out to her, so she set up Zoom meetings to check on them.
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Staying connected
The Immokalee Foundation mentoring program has been keeping mentors and students connected through technology. The foundation secured 70 laptops in two days to distribute to students who otherwise wouldn’t have internet access.
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Buddy Day
More than 125 second-graders from Immokalee explored coastal habitat on Marco Island during the Guadalupe Center’s 28th annual Buddy Day on February 17. Here, the kids participate in the Buddies on the Run game.
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Sweet dose of cute
Submitted by mom Emma Marino, of Cape Coral, this photo is just too cute not to share. Ari is the little sister of Jaiden Marino, who modeled for our December 2018 cover. Sweetness runs in the family.
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WordMasters
Community School of Naples third-grader Ariana Sharma earned a perfect score of 20 in the second of three meets in this year’s WordMasters Challenge, a national vocabulary competition involving nearly 125,000 students annually. Nationally, only 33 third-graders achieved this result. CSN fifth-grader Jarmea Bak also achieved outstanding results.
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At the Olympics
Dr. Patrick Joyner, an orthopaedic sports medicine physician at OrthoCollier in Naples, volunteered as a Team U.S.A. doctor for the 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games in January in Switzerland. “It was a huge honor to be part of the three-person volunteer medical team,” he says.
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Lifeline
The Lifeline Family Center raised more than $212,000 at a benefit dinner with radio evangelist Tony Evans. Here: Lifeline founder and CEO Kathy Miller and Tony Evans.
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The Lifeline Family Center raised more than $212,000 at a benefit dinner with radio evangelist Tony Evans. Here: Dawn Carvotta and board member Camille Herdoiza.
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The Lifeline Family Center raised more than $212,000 at a benefit dinner with radio evangelist Tony Evans. Here: board treasurer Britney Whitman with vice-chair Fred Atkins.
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The Lifeline Family Center raised more than $212,000 at a benefit dinner with radio evangelist Tony Evans. Here: sponsor Dee Horne and the Rev. Connie Weisel.
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The Lifeline Family Center raised more than $212,000 at a benefit dinner with radio evangelist Tony Evans. Here: Rich Boye and board member Jaime Boye.