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Hamlet Middle School Hosts Literacy Night

Annual reading-focused event featured books, pizza, karaoke.

About 40 teachers, parents and students attended the 2012 literacy night at Wednesday.

Activities included a craft table where students coud make their own book marks, pizza, karaoke and a wide assortment of books for various age groups.

"We're hoping that they take a lot of books away," with them, said Thomas Schwartz, a math teacher.

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Parents and students perused about six tables covered in paperbacks of all stripes as kids and teachers took turns singing karaoke. Steve Boss, assistant principal at Villanova Middle School, joined Dan Marszalkowski for a rendition of "Sweet Caroline," and Hamlet Middle School Principal Patrick McGee and Vice Principal Robert Picard teamed up with Boss later to sing "YMCA".


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