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Huffaker Elementary School, 980 Wheatland Rd., Reno, NV

Diligent readers rewarded with ‘mad science’ visit

Third-graders Joseph Scolari, left, and Pete Candelera mix chemicals together as they make slime Monday during the Mad Science demonstration at Huffaker . Elementary School in Reno on Monday, April 14, 2008.

Photo by David B. Parker

Third-graders Joseph Scolari, left, and Pete Candelera mix chemicals together as they make slime Monday during the Mad Science demonstration at Huffaker . Elementary School in Reno on Monday, April 14, 2008.

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By Cyndi Loza

Some Reno elementary students received a Mad Science Classroom Party on Monday for their efforts in reading.

Various classrooms in the Washoe County School District won either a guest appearance by KNPB Channel 5’s cartoon characters Maya and Miguel or a science party this week for their participation in the Tune In To Kids Classroom Reading Contest.

Corbett Elementary fourth-graders, Huffaker Elementary third-graders and Mariposa Academy Charter School sixth-graders won a science party on Monday.

Grace Warner Elementary School kindergartners, Coral Academy of Science fourth-graders and Westergard Elementary School second-graders will receive a guest appearance by Maya and Miguel and a free book.

A fifth-grade class in Lena Juniper Elementary School and a third-grade class in Greenbrae Elementary School won a free nutritious lunch.

The reading contest ranked the classes by average reading time.

For more information, visit www.TuneInToKids.org.

This article appeared originally in Reno Gazette-Journal.