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Service Learning Success Continues Second Semester

KEY LARGO, Fla. (112 words) -- By starting a free weekly playgroup, a handful of Hispanic students hope to help future Hispanic students change statistics that show what rank children are most likely to be in by the time they reach high school. It's called the achievement gap to educators.

 Thanks to a school district mini service learning grant, members of Coral Shores' early childhood class meet with a group of Hispanic mothers and children in Key Largo each week for Grupo de Juego, which means playgroup in Spanish. They read books, learn sign language, play games, and have a parent discussion on the 40 Developmental Assets®. For more information call Sunny Booker 305-797-1328 or go to www.monroe.k12.fl.us/mycp.