Keheley Elementary School alumni Pawan Jada and his mother, Bala, place ceramic shapes on the entrance pillars Sunday.
Keheley Elementary School alumni Pawan Jada and his mother, Bala, place ceramic shapes on the entrance pillars Sunday.
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Community creates mosaic for Keheley
by Megan Thornton
12:07 AM, Monday, May 20
Keheley Elementary School has seen thousands of students walk through its doors over the last 27 years, but next fall, a new class of children will come in to a more welcoming place of learning now that the entrance has received a colorful mosaic ...

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