ALL HIT MUSIC K-FOX 95.5 » students http://kfox95.com Mon, 20 May 2013 02:14:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Lufkin 4th Graders Recognized for Design Skills http://kfox95.com/lufkin-4th-graders-recognized-for-design-skills/ http://kfox95.com/lufkin-4th-graders-recognized-for-design-skills/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:30:24 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=85326 Handicapped dogs may soon benefit from the work of some Lufkin 4th graders. Students at Brandon Elementary recently learned that a New Hampshire-based website picked up on their idea of new and improved “drag bags” for dogs, which are those things that handicapped dogs can put on, cool off, and move around the yard with a little easier.

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So the school is trying out a novel approach: it’s paying students to show up and behave themselves.

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