PARP Ends with Fairy Tale Ball in Glen Cove

Submitted by Glen Cove City Schools

Students at Gribbin School in Glen Cove enjoyed a magical experience when they attended the school’s Fairy Tale Ball.

The event, wrapped up the school’s Parents As Reading Partners Program “Once A PARP A Time,” which encompassed a fairy tale theme according to kindergarten teacher and PARP coordinator Genene Coppola.

“For the last two weeks we have been focusing on fairy tales,” Coppola said. “We even wrote a school fairy tale, with each class adding to the story.”

In honor of the special occasion, female students were adorned in beautiful dresses and tiaras, while Gribbin’s young gentlemen dressed in ties and crowns. The children enjoyed dancing and the princess costumes worn by the school’s PARP coordinators. In addition to the Fairy Tale Ball, Gribbin students enjoyed visits from community readers, a book-a-long and a pajama day as part of the school’s PARP celebration.

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Kindergarten students at Gribbin School celebrated the end of PARP with a Fairy Tale Ball.

A first-grade student from Gribbin dressed as knight when he attended the school’s Fairy Tale Ball.

Gribbin School’s PARP coordinators (l-r): Genene Coppola, Kristin Wolf, Vanessa Broglia and Cyndi Van Ommeren. Melanie Suhr is not pictured.