Jack Bartash, right, a third-grader at Rumford Elementary School, works on math with kindergarten student Cohen Carrier and another student in Jessica Curato’s kindergarten classroom this week. Third grade students “buddy up” with kindergarten students two mornings a month to work on math, reading, crafts or other projects, as first- and fourth-grade students are also partnered for activities. (Submitted photo)

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