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PIES FOR PAWS PCES students raise money to help IVAR’s animals BY DAVE COOK news@putnamcountyrecord.com HENNEPIN — When Courtney Balestri, principal of Putnam County Elementary School (PCES), was approached by a group of students wanting to do something to give back to their community, she had no idea it would end with a pie in her face. The students were fifth -graders Maggie Spratt, Madison Wasilewski, Hannah Taliani and Kaden
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Nauman. After helping the group decide which project to develop, Balestri then involved the entire school in the charitable effort. “They had several ideas and we helped scale it down to what we thought we could realistically accomplish. It was a teachable moment as they were forced to consider the many details of what would have to be done in order to reach their goal,” Balestri said.
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In the photo PCES Principal Courtney Balestri was a good sport as she took the first of three pies from Valerie Peterson’s fourth-grade students. The students, whose class raised the most money for IVAR, were randomly chosen by Balestri. They included Brayden Zuniga, Vincen Dobson and Jonathan Avila. The charitable event was organized by PCES fifth-graders Madison Wasilewski, Hannah Taliani, Maggie Spratt and Kaden Nauman.. (PCR photo/Dave Cook)
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See images from Putnam County High School’s Spirit Week. / 7
Three PCHS volleyball players are on the all-conference team. / 8
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