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The force is strong at Gold Ridge Elementary
The force is strong with Mr. English's 5th grade class at Gold Ridge Elementary. For Star Wars Day, May fourth students had fun with art, decorating pool noodle light sabers and then had duels.
English is a hardcore Star Wars fan, so much that his class is decked out in Star Wars decorations and he likes to incorporate Star Wars in his class lessons.
Students are engaged with his literacy program called "Reading Jedi." Students receive a reading packet on the first day of school they start out as a Jedi Padawan or trainee, then progress through ten reading levels to reach Jedi Grand Master. Students also have fun solving Star Wars related word problems, said English.
English has been a fan of Star Wars since he was an 8 year old boy, he has seen each film about 40 times over the years. His class slogan is "May the Force of Learning be With You." English's classroom number D-2, as in R2-D2. It only took 17 years for him to claim that classroom at Gold Ridge Elementary.
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