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Students make unique exit on last day
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Barb Marks, retiring teacher at Robinwood Lane Elementary, led the fourth-grade students out of the building on the last day of school on June 7 for the clap out.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Families lined up along the sidewalk to get pictures of their children on June 7 as they walked out of the building for the last day of school at Robinwood Lane.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Jeanette Tamulonis' fourth-grade class came together for a giant group hug to celebrate the last day of school on June 7 during the fourth-grade clap out.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Robinwood Lane Elementary students made quite an exit after their last day of school on June 7.
As the fourth-grade students walked out of the building when the day was over, the younger students, staff members and parents gave the students an ovation. Every year, Robinwood does a clap out for the fourth-grade students to celebrate their last day at Robinwood before going on to fifth grade.
“We have one teacher who’s retiring and she will lead the fourth grade out and they’ll clap everybody out. Then the whole school gets clapped out then they leave. It’s really nice,” said Nicole Haggerty, a teacher at Robinwood.
This year the students were led out by Barb Marks, a retiring Robinwood teacher. The family members standing outside waiting for the students applauded as all of the fourth-grade classes exited the building.
The clap out was the last time the fourth-grade students would leave Robinwood as a student. They are entering Boardman Center Intermediate School for fifth grade after the summer. The group of fourth-grade students graduating from the Boardman elementary schools will be the first group of fifth-grade students to be at the new Boardman Center Intermediate.
Some of the students got on the bus and some went home with their parents, but all of them made sure to say their good-byes before departing for the summer.
The teachers and faculty gave their students hugs and wished them luck as they prepared for a new school with new friends and teachers.