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As school closures loom, San Jose Unified soccer watch party counters sadness with fun

As chants of “Mexico! Mexico!” rang through The Plex and students rushed between soccer stations, it was hard to tell who was having more fun: the children or the adults watching them.  A bevy of San José Unified students gathered on June 11 for the district’s Summer Soccer and Student Connection Event. Beyond the excitement […] The post As school closures loom, San Jose Unified soccer watch party counters sadness with fun appeared first on Local News Matters .

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As chants of “Mexico! Mexico!” rang through The Plex and students rushed between soccer stations, it was hard to tell who was having more fun: the children or the adults watching them.  A bevy of San José Unified students gathered on June 11 for the district’s Summer Soccer and Student Connection Event. Beyond the excitement […] The post As school closures loom, San Jose Unified soccer watch party counters sadness with fun appeared first on Local News Matters .

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According to Local News Matters’s source item, As school closures loom, San Jose Unified soccer watch party counters sadness with fun, As chants of “Mexico! Mexico!” rang through The Plex and students rushed between soccer stations, it was hard to tell who was having more fun: the children or the adults watching them.  A bevy of San José Unified students gathered on June 11 for the district’s Summer Soccer and Student Connection Event. Beyond the excitement […] The post As school closures loom, San Jose Unified soccer watch party counters sadness with fun appeared first on Local News Matters .

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