As I conclude 28 years in the public school classroom, we are revisiting some archival columns that ran as “Bird’s Eye View” in the TALLASSEE TRIBUNE. This one appeared in the Thanksgiving edition of 2010.
Last week (November 18-23, 2010), the Tallassee High School Band traveled to Chicago, IL to participate in the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival parade down Michigan Avenue.
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