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School uses superheroes, encouraging messages to lighten End of Grade testing mood
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Signs with positive messages hang throughout East Hall Middle School for students taking the End of Grade tests Wednesday.
At East Hall Middle School, students opened the first day of Georgia’s End of Grade testing with superheroes in the halls and encouraging notes from a teacher on sidewalks entering the building. Last year, faculty and staff turned paper into a “red carpet” for students on test day and cheered them as “rock stars.” The state-mandated Georgia Milestones testing at this school is anything but boring.
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PHOTOS: Hundreds rally in Gainesville in 'Hands Off' protest against Trump, Musk
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Hundreds turn out to the square in downtown Gainesville Saturday, April 5, 2025, to take part in the "Hands Off " protest of the Trump administration. The protest was part of a national mass activation day against the administration.

by Scott Rogers
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