Chandler students learn their 'Ps': Penmanship and a promise for pen pals

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Pen Pals

Peggy Davern, 86, and Hailey Camblin, 11, a fifth grader at Chandler’s Navarette Elementary School, meet for the first time on Wednesday during a visit to the school by the seniors who live at Friendship Village of Tempe. Since the beginning of the school year, 26 students in Joanne Terrell’s fourth and fifth grade gifted students class have been exchanging letters with the seniors who visited the school on Wednesday. The students said they would continue writing their pen pals into the summer and into the future. [Mike Sakal/Tribune]

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Pen Pals

Carolyn Black and Maisy Racine, 11, a fifth grader at Chandler’s Navarette School, meet for the first time on Wednesday after exchanging letters throughout the school year as pen pals. About 26 students in teacher Joanne Terrell’s class have been writing seniors at Friendship village of Tempe letters for twice a month since the beginning of the school year. On Wednesday, the seniors visited the school for lemonade, music from the school’s string chorus and heard the students read poems about friendship. [Mike Sakal/Tribune]

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