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Shirts and socks to celebrate

TUESDAY was World Down Syndrome Day – a day to celebrate diversity and support inclusion. Swan Hill Specialist School students Brontae Hines, Angus Everitt, Sally Morton and Frasier Dibsdale decided to mark the occasion by wearing special shirts, organised by their parents, that read “homie with an extra chromie”. The school also participated in Lots […]

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