Every penny counts according to middle schoolers at St. Patrick’s Catholic School. Students are taking that loose change and putting it towards a special cause. “Since everybody is participating, we’re going to be able to raise a lot of money and we’re going to send it to the people in Houston,” said Jean Mayo, a seventh grader. They’re hosting a penny drive and are asking parents and students to empty their pockets and support the effort. “It’s been such an overwhelming res

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St. Patrick Catholic School is helping students fall in love with reading. Yesterday, St. Patrick held a school-wide book fair for students in grades K-8. “Reading is a life-long skill. If we can foster that now while they’re here in elementary school and middle school and just create a love for reading, we know that will help them in the future and help them continue to learn. It was important that we didn’t choose their book and that they were able to do something they w