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VWAQ1= Qlducation is the key to America's future, and parents are their
children's first teachers; and
VJ Q01 &QE , &I parents and guardians want their children to succeed in
school and in life, as it benefits the whole community; and
VJK3&(ffZL6, The United States Department of Education research has
consistently demonstrated that parental involvement is the single
best predictor of student success and that when schools, families
and communities work together to maximize resources, students
achieve more; and
VJ CROIZW ®range County Public Schools and others open August 19,
2013 for students and staff to return to school for the new
school year. Parents, children, family members, and citizens are
invited to join with teachers, and school staff to make new
friends, and to find out how the public and schools can better
support each other.
ROW Tberefore,
I, S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor of the City of Ocoee, do hereby declare Monday,
August 19, 2013 as
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL CHALLENGE
In the Ocoee community, we urge all parents of children in school, and citizens to
participate in the education of all our children: "It takes a whole village to raise and
educate all our children ". Get involved....
Hereunto IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, I have set my
hand and caused the Seal of the
City of Ocoee, Florida to be
affixed this 6 day of August
2013.
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