An exclamatory victory

Photo by Jim Blaylock

River Ridge Elementary School kindergarten teacher Fiona Pike (third from left) reacts to being named Queen of Punctuation during a Punctuation Pageant at the school. Participating kindergarten teachers were Tara Walker, Miss Period (from left); Angela Lowhorn, Miss Question Mark; Pike, Miss Exclamation Point; Ruth Masella, Miss Apostrophe; Janet Gabryelski, Miss Quotation Marks; and Beverly Taylor, Miss Comma. The purpose of the pageant was to help the pupils remember punctuation rules for the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests.

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