Week 5: GREAT NEWS!

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Great news... we finally have a bicycle in our possession. So, we went to Ms. Miller to ask her if she has or knows of anyone who has an exercise bicycle since she has "connections." She graciously sent out an email to all the teachers. Next, we went to ask Ms. Cantlupe. Unfortunately, she did not have a bicycle but she suggested that we go to Mr. Collins and ask him. To our surprise, he led us to a back room where there were about 20 bicycle from some old spin cycle class taught here. He said we could take one so we did. This was amazing. We have an exercise bicycle and are making progress! Great job!

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