143rd YEAR, No. 36
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2015
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Astoria School District counselor Meche Brownlow, center, and Astoria High School Senior Bella Marincovich, right, arrange students into
a single-file line during a kindergarten readiness camp Monday at John Jacob Astor Elementary School.
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SEASIDE — Beneath the sun-yel-
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‘It’s to prepare incoming kindergartners and
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not academically, per se, but socially.’
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Teaching assistant Annette Macareno practices writing names with future kindergartners,
while others practice their motor skills during a kindergarten readiness camp Monday.
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