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		<title>African Drummers at WOS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[African drummers &#160;The PTA sponsered a multicultural African Drums program for the kindergarten and first grade classes to enjoy.&#160; Kofi&#8217;s program exposed the students to the music and culture of his native Asante village.&#160; His storytelling combined with drumming, chanting, and dancing helped the children learn about another culture in an artistic way.&#160; The students, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GYM CITY is here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#160; The children were very excited about the arrival of Gym City.&#160; Coach Hudson and Coach Seeney prepared the students by teaching them about &#34;safe driving&#34; on their scooters as they prepare to receive their Gym City driver&#8217;s license.&#160; The children learn about community as they &#34;drive&#34; around the many different buildings and landmarks.&#160; There [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wos.socsdblogs.org/?p=174</link>
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		<title>A Visit from Animal Encounters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Animal Encounters&#160;program is a favorite for students and teachers!&#160;&#160; The children enjoy learning about all the different animals, even getting a chance to pet some of them!&#160; Most of the students quickly discover that the creatures are not so scary after all!&#160; We want to thank our PTA for supporting this assembly program in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wos.socsdblogs.org/?p=165</link>
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		<title>Rockland Read-In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Rockland Read-In took place on Friday, February 12th.&#160; The children participated by finding a cozy spot around their classroom and reading some of their favorite stories.&#160; Some classes even invited in &#34;special guests&#34; to read to the class.&#160; The day ended with some delicious Valentine treats!&#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;The kindergarten and first graders participated in an assembly today sponsered by the PTA. The assembly was perfomed by a Chinese Dance group called Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company. All the students learned about chinese culture and dance and some were even selected to participate in one of their dances.]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Dear Families of the William O. Schaefer School, Tomorrow night, Thursday, January 7th at 7:30 pm, teachers and students from William O. Schaefer will be presenting to the Board of Education a muli-media presentation created by members of our staff and administration entitled, &#34;Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners.&#34; Please join us!]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You to the PTA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, December 11th, the SOCES PTA presented the students at WOS with their Box Tops &#8220;earnings&#8221;.&#160; This included scooters, balls, jumpropes, and various games that the children can enjoy.&#160; Seeing their faces and hearing their excitement when shown the equipment and games was wonderful!]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Halloween!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, October 30th, we had our Annual Halloween Parade.&#160; Children and staff came dressed in their costumes as we marched to music provided by Bob Hudson (who also provided us with some great jokes along the way).&#160; Families lined the front of the school and cheered us on.&#160; It was a beautiful day&#160;and a&#160;&#34;spook-tacular&#34; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wos.socsdblogs.org/?p=92</link>
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		<title>School Spirit Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, October 29th, we celebrated SOCES School Spirit Day.&#160; many of us showed our &#34;spirit&#34; by wearing our red shirts.&#160; Mrs. Hoffer and Mrs. Cassetta also helped to organize all of the students into the hallway to create one of our longest school banners in history.&#160; We even had a special visit from Charlie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wos.socsdblogs.org/?p=77</link>
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		<title>Charlie CAAPS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each of the classes have now had an opportunity to listen to the Charlie CAAPS puppet show presented by School Psychologist Heather O&#8217;Donnell.&#160; During the show Charlie and Zelda teach the students about character education.&#160; Students are encouraged to&#160;act in a&#160;kind and caring manner and to be flexible, cooperative and positive.&#160; Students in each of [...]]]></description>
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