Students at Wheat Ridge Elementary School praise their expanded day.
Published in The Denver Post | August 29, 2013
Wheat Ridge Elementary launches longer school day
By Emilie Rusch
The dismissal bell rang, marking the end of another school day at Pennington Elementary.
It was 4:20 p.m., 8 1/2 hours after the morning bell rang at 7:50 a.m.
Ten-year-old Issac Maldonado said it felt more like two hours to him.
The day before, he learned how to kick a soccer ball during his last class.
Today, he and his classmates built a tower out of marshmallows and toothpicks, the tallest one winning a prize.
“It goes by quick, because it’s so fun,” Maldonado said. “It doesn’t feel long at all.”
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