Clockwise from top left: At Lacordaire Academy in Montclair, New Jersey, middle-school students participate in reading stations. Second-graders practice cursive on National Handwriting Day at Holy Trinity School in Westfield, New Jersey. Aubrey Paczkowski, in seventh grade, and her brother, Bryan, who is in fourth grade, enjoy attending Holy Trinity School. AP Bio students at Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, New Jersey, observe the rate of cellular respiration in germinating and non-germinating peas at different temperatures. The Hernandez family, ready for Lent, home-schools in Florida.
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