NORTH HAVEN, Conn. — Story by Zain Quaderi and Emma Cespedes
Students at ACES Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School in North Haven, Connecticut, teamed up to collect food items for those in need for the Connecticut Food Share.
The school is an Integrated Arts and Science K-8 Magnet School. Second and grade and sixth grade classrooms were tied for first place with the most items collected, earning a pizza party for the classes hard work.
Reporters Zain Quaderi (5th grade) and Emma Cespedes (5th grade) spoke with Magnet coach, Ingrid Ellinger Doviak and classroom teacher, Michael Olson about this community project.
The school really worked together and demonstrated character traits of responsibility and generosity to get the job done for the community.
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