Funding quest has school jumping

Friday, September 11th, 2015

They’re jumping for joy, and hopefully some dollars too, at St Joseph’s School Stratford this month.

“We have organised a jump rope day for the whole school,” explains Raine Peterson-Semenoff. Raine and the rest of his classmates in Room 8 at the school, have been working hard planning a fun filled “Jump Rope for Heart”: Friday challenging students, and staff, to grab a rope and get jumping. Continue reading

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