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Preschool celebrates Thanksgiving with feast
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Pre-kindergartners at Poland Presbyterian Church's weekday preschool had a Thanksgiving feast Monday during class. They dressed as pilgrims and Native Americans for the day.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Poland Presbyterian Church preschoolers Chloe Puhl (left), Sophia Yon, Gavin Catheline, Robin Zedaker and Camden Goman were excited to eat an early Thanksgiving meal Monday with their classmates. Their classroom tables were put together to form one long table.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Poland's Robin Zedaker was the class helper Monday and was named as head chief for the Thanksgiving feast. In addition to an early Thanksgiving meal, Zedaker celebrated his fifth brithday.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Preschoolers at Poland Presbyterian Church's weekday preschool sang songs about turkeys and sharing before their Thanksgiving meal during class Monday. The students learned about making food from scratch and growing vegetables like the early settlers and Native Americans did.
The table was fully set as students filed into their classroom that had been transformed into a festive Thanksgiving scene.
Poland Presbyterian Church weekday preschool celebrated Thanksgiving during school on Monday. They dressed as Pilgrims and Indians and sat together around a long dinner table in their classroom.
Preschool director Julie Simington said they had been learning how the Indians had to grow and make their own food because there were no supermarkets or stores during that time period. To reinforce what they learned, students were encouraged to bring homemade dishes for the Thanksgiving meal.
Simington, who attended the Presbyterian weekday preschool when she was young, said the school has been hosting the Thanksgiving feast for more than 50 years.