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Bluebag Media
Duck Blind the reward
for summer reading success
ANSONIA – On Sept. 26 Ansonia students climbed off their buses getting
ready for a new school day. They were greeted by their elementary
principal, Krista Stump, except that morning she wasn’t Mrs. Stump. She
was Uncle Sy Robertson, leader of the Duck Dynasty. He (she) was
sitting in his (her) Duck Blind, greeting students as they came in for
the day.
Many of them were wearing their own versions of Duck Dynasty clothing…
their reward for reading 905 hours over the summer.
“Last spring the APA (Ansonia Parents Alliance) was working out rewards
for summer reading… we were brainstorming… came up with the idea of
putting the principal in a tree stand,” Stump said. “Well there are no
sizable trees here on the property, so we went to Plan B. We decided to
play off Duck Dynasty and put me in a Duck Blind.”
She’d heard of Duck Dynasty but had never seen it. “We don’t have cable
or satellite reception, so I rented some videos. I love the show!” she
said. “It’s genuine, funny… you don’t have to be afraid of the kids
seeing it.”
To earn the reward students had to read 850 hours over the summer. The
benchmark in the past had been 700 hours. Parents had to sign a sheet
indicating the child had read at least 20 minutes every day for five
days…
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