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Watsessing students have a black history ‘House of Wax’

Daniel Jackovino Published: March 7, 2016 | Updated: March 3, 2016 1 minute read
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BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Watsessing Elementary School third-grade teachers from left, Laura Salamone, Rachel Mazzetta, and Shannon Alteiri. All 60 third-graders performed in the third-annual Black History Month Museum of Wax. Clockwise from below right are Noeli Brito, as Patricia Bath, educator, inventor and eye doctor; Marian Hess scores as Reece ‘Goose’ Tatum; Londyn Langford is George Washington Carver; and Daniel Pena portrays writer Zora Neale Hurston.

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