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CHARLOTTE — First-grade students at St. Ann School celebrated Mardi Gras by making shoe box floats and parading around the school.
A reading contest was conducted and the winners were crowned king and queen of Mardi Gras. Lyla Hoover, Mardi Gras queen, and Sebastian Ortiz, Mardi Gras king, stood on a float and led the parade through the halls of the school.
— Kathy McKinney
GASTONIA — St. Michael School third-grader Connie Okonkwo recently won “The Proudest Kid in Gaston County” third-grade essay writing contest, Runners-up were Annalise Bragg and Ariene Catindig.
Pictured are (from left) Annalise Bragg, Connie Okonkwo and Ariene Catindig.
— Tammy Eason