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Mipa students bond over pizza, new experiences

August 1, 2011 by AlyssaBurko Leave a Comment

Many MIPA students got to experience first-hand the awkward yet exciting feeling of meeting and interacting with complete strangers on July 31. Eisenhower High School student Kayla Varicalli was one of these students. She said she found herself in "The Bobby Hawthorne Experience" with not one person she previously knew. The students were initially told to go to a certain … [Read more...] about Mipa students bond over pizza, new experiences

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