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| Older students lines up in a circle who will greet first grade readers in celebration of them as they launch balloons, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| Principal Jeff Knapp greets all the students and parents to the first grader reading celebration balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| Principal Jeff Knapp greets all the students and parents to the first grader reading celebration balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| Rockland School mascot Rocko leads the first graders into the circle of celebration for they've learned to read and will celebrate with a balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| Rockland School mascot Rocko (left) leads the first graders into the circle of celebration for they've learned to read and will celebrate with a balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| First graders march in front of their school to be greeted by older students honoring them as they've learned to read and will celebrate it with a balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| First graders march in front of their school to be greeted by older students honoring them as they've learned to read and will celebrate it with a balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| First graders march in front of their school to be greeted by a circle of older students honoring them as they've learned to read and will celebrate it with a balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| First graders march in front of their school to be greeted by a circle of older students honoring them as they've learned to read and will celebrate it with a balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| The older students of Rockland School scream and holler as the honored first graders walk in to be celebrated as new readers with a balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| The older students of Rockland School scream and holler as the honored first graders walk in to be celebrated as new readers with a balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| The older students of Rockland School scream and holler as the honored first graders walk in to be celebrated as new readers with a balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| First graders wait as they are honored with a ceremonial balloon launch as readers, along with their school mascot, Rocko (left), on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| The Rockland School first graders release their balloons as a celebration that they can now read, surrounded by the older students cheering them on that have also experienced the initiation process, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| The Rockland School first graders release their balloons as a celebration that they can now read, surrounded by the older students cheering them on that have also experienced the initiation process, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| The Rockland School first graders release their balloons as a celebration that they can now read, surrounded by the older students cheering them on that have also experienced the initiation process, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| The Rockland School first graders release their balloons as a celebration that they can now read, surrounded by the older students cheering them on that have also experienced the initiation process, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| The Rockland School first graders release their balloons as a celebration that they can now read, surrounded by the older students cheering them on that have also experienced the initiation process, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| The first graders gather around their mascot Rocko (green), after being honored for their new skill of reading, and just finished their celebratory balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| Parents (left) snap away, capturing memories of their first graders being honored for their new skill of reading, and just finished their celebratory balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| The first graders gather around their mascot Rocko (green), after being honored for their new skill of reading, and just finished their celebratory balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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| The first graders gather around their mascot Rocko (green), after being honored for their new skill of reading, and just finished their celebratory balloon launch, on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Rockland School in Libertyville. (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press) |
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