It's A Party At School!

Students and faculty at the Archbold Elementary School threw birthday parties for their school building last week because it's 10 years old. It was the first grade's turn to celebrate on Thursday, Nov. 29. Top left: Sue Westendorf, a member of the State Board of Education, joins, from left, first graders Clay Gerig, Natalie Roth, Antonio Crawford, Blair Bucklew, and Izrael Gomez to present the "Excellent" banner to the elementary school, its seventh. First graders also brought guests to school and had an opportunity to read to them. Top right: Travis Ziegler, far right, reads to Austin Wiemken, Jeron Williams, and Vicki Williams, Jeron's mother, from left. Lower left: Quinn Zaerr, center, reads to his parents, Ron and Elaine. Lower right: Zoey Quintanilla reads to her father, Jerry.- photos by David Pugh