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Sophia Dagneau, left, reaches for a colored pencil while she and her first grade classmate at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston, Easton Theriault, work on a writing assessment exercise on the first day of class Monday afternoon.Sophia Dagneau, left, and her first grade classmate at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston, Easton Theriault, work on a writing assessment exercise on the first day of class Monday afternoon.Benjamin Dumais, right, concentrates on a writing assessment exercise with other fourth-graders on the first day of school at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston on Monday.
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