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Pierson Students To Visit Cuba This Month

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Porch House <br>Photo by Dawn Watson

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Photo by Dawn Watson

From left, Westhampton Beach Elementary School Odyssey of the Mind Team Fahtima Iqbal and Lily Pereyra move a prop. KATE RIGA

From left, Westhampton Beach Elementary School Odyssey of the Mind Team Fahtima Iqbal and Lily Pereyra move a prop. KATE RIGA

From left, Westhampton Beach Elementary School Odyssey of the Mind Team members Maya Farnan and Jamie Kelly stretch out a prop. KATE RIGA

From left, Westhampton Beach Elementary School Odyssey of the Mind Team members Maya Farnan and Jamie Kelly stretch out a prop. KATE RIGA

authorAlisha Steindecker on Feb 1, 2016
Pierson High School students will soon enjoy a rare opportunity, traveling to a place that most adults have only read about in textbooks.Instead of visiting Europe, as has been the... more

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