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🌱 Patch AM: How Jamestown students helped shape Rhode Island’s new attendance push

And check out Music at the Museum on the Jamestown Patch calendar

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Tuesday August 18th Patch AM (Patch graphic)

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  • How Jamestown students helped shape Rhode Island's new attendance push

Also on today's calendar: Music at the Museum and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the man leave his watch in the bank? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 80 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and humid, temps: high: 81, low: 68.
  • Thursday: Humid; a p.m. shower possible, with a high of 81 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• RI sets lofty new goal for reducing absences in school (providencejournal.com) — Jamestown's Lawn Avenue School students were recognized at the State House for their winning attendance-promotion video, highlighting local efforts to keep kids in class. State education leaders also set a new goal to cut chronic absenteeism below 10% statewide by 2030, expanding data tools and standardized attendance rules for every Rhode Island school.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he could save time! (Thank you Lorraine S. for sending it in!)
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