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Skydiving for Literacy

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Kelly Opdycke

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Think you’d do almost anything to support literacy? How about jump out of a plane?

Earlier this year, Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist went skydiving after a school in her state won the state’s summer reading challenge.

Oh, and last year a Rhode Island principal ate a worm after his school met their reading goals.

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Kelly Opdycke
Kelly Opdycke is a Rumpus intern and an optimist with realist tendencies. She spent her summer at 826LA, where she helped English-Language Learners master homophones in the Amazon, take notes while exploring the Endeavour space shuttle, and write resumes that explain their exceptional hide-and-seek skills. Before this, she received her master’s degree from CSULA. She will be applying to doctoral programs this fall.

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