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Porterdale Police Department swears in JaJuan Shaw
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Bryan Fazio
Updated: Sep 3, 2015, 7:31 PM
Published: Sep 3, 2015, 7:34 PM
In December of 2011 13-year-old Jajuan Shaw wrote a column that concluded with the sentence “God has blessed me with so much and my autism will not hold me back.” Since writing that, Shaw, a student at Veterans Memorial Middle School, has competed at the state level of the Special Olympics, continued to make the AB honor roll and became an honorary member of the Porterdale Police Department. The latter achievement came on his 15th birthday Monday as Porterdale Police Chief Jason Cripps and members of the Porterdale Police Department visited Shaw and his peers at his school.
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Sergeant Newton DAR Reads Across Heard Mixon K3 and K4 classes
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Published: Mar 17, 2025, 5:43 PM

The Sergeant Newton DAR was so honored to take part in the annual “Read Across Heard-Mixon Elementary Day” last week. DAR members Linda Richardson and Janet Pietrobono visited with the K3 and K4 classes of Mrs. Edmondson, Mrs. Roddy, and Ms. Payton. The children were so engaged during story time and had lots of questions for the ladies once story time was over.

Literacy is so important for our children. The DAR is blessed to have these opportunities to serve in our community.

Reading aloud to children helps boost their vocabularies, can better their language skills, enhance concentration, and have an all-around positive effect on their learning.

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