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Words Are Wonderful Parade Marches Around WES
10:11AM / Wednesday, October 28, 2015
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Third-grade teachers Maureen Andersen and Susan Langman got into the costume fun, too, with their classes.

The school band played throughout the parade.


A trio of fourth-grade friends chose to go as the three friends from the 'Dork Diaries' book series in the annual Words Are Wonderful costume parade at Williamstown Elementary School. More photos online here.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —The students and staff of Williamstown Elementary School paraded around the school Wednesday morning for the school's annual Words Are Wonderful costume parade.

The costume parade encourages both the students and the staff to dress as their favorite character from a book or their favorite word. The parade is part of the school's Words Are Wonderful program, a community-wide celebration of the power and magic of words that includes activities like visiting authors, community readers and more.

As friends and family watched in a chilly drizzle, the parade wound its way around the front of the school on Church Street and then across the street and through the Harper Center, where senior citizens sat cheering on the students. Popular costumes this year included all things Minecraft and "Frozen" as well as characters from books such as "Little Red Riding Wood" and "Magic Tree House."

Many marchers chose words to embody instead of characters, including "bubble" and "assertive."

The festival continues Thursday with a couple public events: the PTO Book Fair in the school's auditorium from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and then again from 5 to 7:30 p.m. as well as the annual Scrabble tournament in the school library from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The book fair also will be open Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

 

 

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