The good news for the kids on the playground at Rufino Mendoza Elementary School earlier this month was that their rocket flew. The summer school class had spent days tinkering with the plastic bottle ...

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Jaime Conde works on a problem during a fourth-grade math class in the summer learning program at Rufino Mendoza Elementary School on June 12 in Fort Worth. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com The ...

On a recent morning, nearly 100 children clapped, sang, and danced in a large circle filling the cafeteria at Nystrom Elementary School in Richmond as part of a joyous Harambee celebration, the ...