Literacy at Marshall schools has gone to the dogs—although in this case, that’s a good thing.
In a collaboration between several elementary school grade levels in the district, and Brown Paws Rescue of Edgerton, local students are helping foster dogs to get adopted while also practicing reading, writing, speech, and other skills.
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