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Walt Disney, Milton Hershey, Pocahontas, Florence Nightingale, Theodore Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. were just a few of the famous people brought to life in Page Elementary’s wax museum.

Thornapple Kellogg Alumni Association gave $100 to each of the nine new TK elementary teachers to help them purchase items for their classrooms.

A dog greeted every visitor to Dr. Becca Kursch’s talk about veterinary medicine. In another room, students got a chance to test their witness skills before Barry County Judge Mike Schipper and just down the hall Dr. Jayne Corts showed students how a pig’s lung inflates when air is blown into it.

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.