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Perfect attendance
Community bike giveaway gets underway to Riley Elementary
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Four students at Riley Elementary School are shown with the bicycles they won Tuesday for a year of perfect attendance. The winners are, from left: Angel Herrera, Milagros Orozco, Natalia Rodriguez and Oliva Scott. - photo by photos by Susan Thacker/Great Bend Tribune
With students counting the days remaining in the school year, Riley Elementary took care of some final business on Tuesday. Other schools will follow suit heading toward Thursday, May 24, the last day of school.One year-end tradition is the Bike Giveaway to promote perfect attendance. For the sixth year, a group of community members bought four Trek Mountain Bikes for each of the district’s five elementary schools.