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- 4. Nine-year-old Derek’s favorite swimming stroke. He enjoys this stroke since he doesn’t have to time his breathing technique in order to maximize his speed.
- 5. Tammy was overjoyed this past spring when she received the happy news that the local high school was offering her a ________ ________ to become a member of the mathematics faculty.
- 6. Sixteen-year-old Katya has been able to help out with the chauffeuring this fall after she got her Pennsylvania ___________ ___________ in July.
- 8. The position fourteen-year-old Justin played on the high school’s JV soccer team. He was thrilled to make the team his freshman year and enjoyed diving after the balls and keeping the ball out of his net.
- 10. One of Justin’s new favorite extracurricular teams. He competes in the Lincoln-Douglas style.
- 12. Twelve-year-old Niko continues to play this instrument in the middle school band. He keeps the audience in suspense as we speculate if his slide will hit the head of the musician in front of him.
- 14. Ben continues to share his love of this sport with his sons as he coaches them in a team. They have the inherited some of Ben’s height, giving them an advantage on the court.
- 15. Derek picked up a bow and is giving this new instrument a try this year. He has enjoyed attending orchestra concerts, but he has already started talking about playing some louder instruments such as the trumpet or drums.
- 16. Ben is happy that Niko continues to like this sport so that he has a partner on the links. They haven’t significantly lowered their scores this year, but they have enjoyed the sunshine and fresh air.
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- 1. The instrument Katya played in the District, Region, and All-State Band Festivals. She enjoyed all the opportunities to play with new groups of musicians under the direction of some talented conductors.
- 2. The location where the Williams family spent Thanksgiving this year. Katya and Justin got to march down Main Street with their high school marching band as the rest of the family cheered them along.
- 3. On his way home one evening Ben found a _________ shivering in the middle of the road with its eyes sealed shut and nearly starving. The kids tended to her and now she is a super energetic member of the family.
- 7. One of the highlights of the Williams family first European vacation was climbing _______________ in Bosnia. They also enjoyed visiting Mozart’s house in Austria, dining in Diocletian’s Palace in Croatia, kayaking around Dubrovnik, and taking a gondola ride in Venice.
- 9. The kids were a little too happy that Tammy had to spend two weeks at Bucknell University in August, training to become a Project Lead the Way high school ______________ teacher. This fall Tammy was excited that in addition to geometry and calculus she got to teach the subject she knew so well from her college days.
- 11. One of the more exciting parts of the family’s European adventure was taking road trips in a Peugot. Ben had not driven a vehicle with a manual _____________ in over twenty years and it was even more exciting when the navigation system and street signs were in different languages!
- 13. The family backyard got a great upgrade when a _________ was dug out this summer. The patio and deck weren’t completed until September so everyone looks forward to fully enjoying the new amenity this coming summer.