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Page 12 Shelton-Mason Journal — Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023
Banks, not candy, frOm
school vending machine
By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncounty. com
The Parent Teacher Student Organization at
Mountain View Elementary School in Shelton last
Week surprised the students by unveiling a book
vending machine in the school’s lobby.
The group spent about $8,000 on the custom-
made machine, which features the school’s logo on
the side. Students earn tokens, which they can de—
posit into machine and make their selection.
On Jan. 25, students dressed for Pajama Day as-
sembled in the lobby and were asked to guess the
concealed gift. The first students to receive books
were the top 10 readers from last year.
Every child will receive one or two free books each
year, said Principal Mary Johnson. Books are avail-
able in English and Spanish.
Third-grade student Taylor Koehn' selects her book from the school’s
new vending machine as li-
brarian Candy Ranney, left, and Parent Teacher Student Organization
treasurer Mersades Emerson
look on.
Third-grade student Cohen Gasper is the first student to select a book.
First-grader Bennett Smith peers at the selection of books before dropping
in his token and making
a choice.
Front row from left, Robert Krug, Arelia Fleshman, Maria Gaspar Jose,
Aralynn Perez and Nikolas
Larson cheer when the book vending machine is unveiled. '