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In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, Richard Gordon Elementary School second grade student Dane Menge, 8, thinks about what he is going to write in a letter to student Makoa Saffery who is suffering from cancer in Kingston, Wash.. The monkey in the chair next to him is where Saffery sits in class. Thursday, May 4, 2017 in Kingston Wash (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP)
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In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, Richard Gordon Elementary School second grade teacher Alice Jackson helps student Parker Campbell edit his letter to student Makoa Saffery during class in Kingston Wash. Makoa Saffery, 8, is out to beat cancer. In treatment at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma since February, Makoa is strong, upbeat and determined. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP)
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In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, letters written by Richard Gordon Elementary School second grade students to student Makoa Saffery who is suffering from cancer are displayed in Kingston, Wash. Makoa Saffery, 8, is out to beat cancer. In treatment at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma since February, Makoa is strong, upbeat and determined. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP)
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Vice President Michael Pence points to the honorary degree presented to him as college provost Robert Graham, Saturday, May 20, 2017, at the commencement ceremony at Grove City College in Grove City, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Vice President Michael Pence receives a sash representing an honorary degree at the commencement ceremony at Grove City College, Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Grove City, Pa. College Provost Robert Graham, left, and David Rathburn, chairman of the board of trustees of Grove City College, place the sash. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Vice President Michael Pence talks with David Rathburn, chairman of the board of trustees of Grove City College before the commencement ceremony at Grove City College, Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Grove City, Pa.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Vice President Michael Pence shakes hands with graduates as they receive diplomas at the commencement ceremony at Grove City College, Saturday, May 20, 2017 in Grove City, Pa.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Vice President Michael Pence shakes hands with graduates as they receive diplomas at the commencement ceremony at Grove City College, Saturday, May 20, 2017 in Grove City, Pa.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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In this May 18, 2017 photo, Eric Zheng, left, Rohith Pallamreddy and Sophia Ullman, right, sample a Korean BBQ chicken meal at the Fulton County Schools Administrative Center, in Atlanta. The 4th graders participated in a taste test event that school district officials started last year to promote healthier menu items that stick to federal regulations under review by the Trump administration. (AP Photo/ Kathleen Foody)
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This photo taken May 5, 2017, shows a message written on a white board in Chris Swinko's, third and fourth grade teacher at Summers-Knoll School, classroom. Swinko and his class have been working to develop and build a chicken coop, which will be built next fall and housed with six egg-laying chickens the following spring. (Matt Weigand /The Ann Arbor News via AP)
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This photo taken May 5, 2017, shows Chris Swinko, third and fourth grade teacher at Summers-Knoll School, shows where a future chicken coop will be located. Swinko and his class have been working to develop and build a chicken coop, which will be built next fall and housed with six egg-laying chickens the following spring. (Matt Weigand /The Ann Arbor News via AP)
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This photo taken May 5, 2017, shows Chris Swinko, third and fourth grade teacher at Summers-Knoll School, working with Manon Rouillard, a third-grade student, in his classroom. Swinko and his class have been working to develop and build a chicken coop, which will be built next fall and housed with six egg-laying chickens the following spring. (AP Photo/The Ann Arbor News, Matt Weigand)
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This photo taken May 5, 2017, shows Chris Swinko, third and fourth grade teacher at Summers-Knoll School, working with students in his classroom. Swinko and his class have been working to develop and build a chicken coop, which will be built next fall and housed with six egg-laying chickens the following spring. (Matt Weigand /The Ann Arbor News via AP)
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In a May 1, 2017 photo, Talitha Merritt helps her son, Preston Merritt, 7, works on an interactive school assignment at his home in Walla Walla, Wash. Preston is enrolled in the first grade through Washington Connection Academy, an online school that was approved in the state in 2016. (Sheila Hagar/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin via AP)
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In a May 1, 2017 photo, Preston Merritt, 7, works on an interactive school assignment at his home in Walla Walla, Washington. Preston is enrolled in the first grade through Washington Connection Academy, an online school that was approved in the state in 2016. (Sheila Hagar/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin via AP)
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In this May 10, 2017, photo, umpire Bob Joyce prepares to call a junior varsity high school game in Marlborough, Conn. Joyce has called six national championship games as the radio voice of the UConn women's basketball team, but in the offseason he calls balls and strikes, pursuing his other passion as a high school baseball umpire. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)
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In this May 10, 2017, photo, umpire Bob Joyce watches as a junior varsity player from Maloney High School beats a throw to the plate during a game played in Marlborough, Conn. Joyce has called six national championship games as the radio voice of the UConn women's basketball team, but in the offseason he calls balls and strikes, pursuing his other passion as a high school baseball umpire. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)
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In this Feb. 11, 2017, photo, Bob Joyce, the radio play-by-play voice of the UConn women's basketball team, calls a game between UConn and SMU in Storrs, Conn. Joyce has called six national championship games as the radio voice of the UConn women's basketball team, but in the offseason he calls balls and strikes, pursuing his other passion as a high school baseball umpire. (Brad Horrigan/The Hartford Courant via AP)
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This May 15, 2017 photo provided by Washington College shows Catalina Righter, in Chestertown, Md. The editor of the school newspaper at Maryland college has been named the winner of the nation's largest literary prize for undergraduates. Righter of Manchester, Md., was the winner of this year's Sophie Kerr Prize. (Washington College via AP)
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In this Monday, May 1, 2017 photo, Jahmir Smith, a junior at Lee Senior High School talks about his scholarship offers during an interview at his home in Broadway, N.C. When Lee County High School running back Jahmir Smith received his first Ivy League offer, he immediately called his mom. Monique McLean, a nurse at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, was driving to work when she got the call from her second eldest son. Princeton wanted Smith to attend school and play college football there. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP)
