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Green Bay celebrated October 18th with an exciting Breakfast of Champions held at the district's central office.

State Representative Jim Soletski warmly opened the event with a motivational speech stating that he "marvels at the controlled chaos" of the after-school program. He encouraged the front line staff saying, "To the dedicated staff these are not just jobs or programs. This is a mission to protect and support our children. We are all in this together."

He was followed by many wonderful speakers sharing the impact afterschool programming has made on their lives.

Congressman Steve Kagen added these words of support, "You are making a tremendous contribution to improving public education with your after-school programs. If we get public education right, everything else will follow. But if we get it wrong, not much else will matter."

The even concluded with our students singing "Never Stop Learning."

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