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Fourth-grader Clara Keizer looks up at the new vending machine in the Page Elementary lobby contemplating her choices. But this vending machine doesn’t spit out energy drinks or protein snacks to fuel the body. Instead, it offers fuel for the mind - books!

As parents and family members stepped into the Page Elementary Living Wax Museum, they were surrounded by historical and famous figures including athletes, scientists, writers, astronauts and inventors.

It took 25 rounds of questions about various books before this year’s Page Elementary Battle of the Books champion was crowned. It came down to two Clara’s - Clara Keizer who eventually won the champion title, and Clara McKeown who finished as runner-up.

Time, talents and treasures - three ways of giving to help others. That was the lesson Page Elementary fifth graders learned over the last few weeks as they found ways to help others through the Circle of Giving.

Pine needles, straw, sticks and twigs, moss, marshmallows, leaves and bark were some of the assortment of building supplies fifth-grade students used to create replicas of Native American homes. They created miniature pueblos, teepees, igloos, and huts, as part of their in-depth research about a Native American tribe.

New Thornapple Kellogg elementary teachers were surprised when they each received a $100 grant from the Thornapple Kellogg Alumni Association.

When she’s not in her fourth-grade classroom, you might find Sarah Keizer playing kickball with her students on the playground, taking a long walk with her Chesapeake Bay Retriever Monte, jumping on the trampoline with her two kids, taking quad rides with her family, or even racing around the oval track in the yearly Barry County Fair Powder Puff Autocross race.

Colorful scarves floated effortlessly after being tossed in the air by students as they learned about the career of a dance/movement therapist. In the cafeteria, a rescue dog got plenty of attention as he greeted students listening to Dr. Becca Kursh talk about her career as a veterinarian. And in yet another room, Dr. Jayne Courts Hodgson inflated a pig’s lungs as she talked to students about her career as a medical doctor.