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Bridgeport Public Schools

Press Release

 

           

BEARDSLEY SCHOOL AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY

TAKE STEPS TO SUPPORT ONE OF THEIR OWN

DURING A “WALK FOR AJ”

 

 

On Saturday, October 23, 2010 from 9:00am to 3:00pm, Beardsley School staff, students, families and the supporting community will lace up their sneakers as they walk to raise funds for AJ, a 6^th grader at the school who has been diagnosed with acute leukemia. A marrow drive will also take place at the school on the same day.

 

The walk will begin at the front of Beardsley School on 500 Huntington Road headed towards Concord Street.  Participants will walk to Noble Avenue past the entrance to Beardsley Park where it intersects with East Main Street at the Cumberland Farms Gas Station.  The walk will continue along East Main Street to Boston Avenue, turn right on to Huntington Road and begin the loop again.  This is a fundraising event for AJ and his family.

 

Principal Amy Marshall has volunteered to go beyond the call by walking for 12 hours.

 

 

 

 

 

The mission of the Bridgeport Public Schools and its supporting community is to graduate all students “college ready” and prepared to succeed in life.  For more information about Bridgeport Public Schools visit our website at www.bridgeportedu.com.