ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Gloucester: Veterans Memorial Elementary School first grader Chantel Avila feels and smells lemon balm growing in the herb garden section of the school's vegetable garden. There is also mint, oregano and other herbs growing there.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: Rockport Elementary School will join thousands of schools, libraries, and community groups nationwide in a coordinated effort to encourage millions of Americans to turn off televisions, computers, and video games for seven days. Starting Monday, April 30 through May 6, the school is encouraging its pupils to "turn on" the world around them as they turn off all their electronic diversions. From left are Natalie Lamond, 7, at the house of her friend Ella Lorenz, 6, right, both of Rockport. The girls are making a poster about activities they can do while not watching television, such as playing tag, charades, jumping rope, hula hooping, and so on.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: Rockport Elementary School will join thousands of schools, libraries, and community groups nationwide in a coordinated effort to encourage millions of Americans to turn off televisions, computers, and video games for seven days. Starting Monday, April 30 through May 6, the school is encouraging its pupils to "turn on" the world around them as they turn off all their electronic diversions. From left are Natalie Lamond, 7, at the house of her friend Ella Lorenz, 6, center, and little sister Tessa, 2 all of Rockport. The two older girls are making a poster about activities they can do while not watching television, such as playing tag, charades, jumping rope, hula hooping, and so on.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: Rockport Elementary School will join thousands of schools, libraries, and community groups nationwide in a coordinated effort to encourage millions of Americans to turn off televisions, computers, and video games for seven days. Starting Monday, April 30 through May 6, the school is encouraging its pupils to "turn on" the world around them as they turn off all their electronic diversions. From left are Natalie Lamond, 7, at the house of her friend Ella Lorenz, 6, right, both of Rockport. The girls are making a poster about activities they can do while not watching television, such as playing tag, charades, jumping rope, hula hooping, and so on.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: Rockport Elementary School will join thousands of schools, libraries, and community groups nationwide in a coordinated effort to encourage millions of Americans to turn off televisions, computers, and video games for seven days. Starting Monday, April 30 through May 6, the school is encouraging its pupils to "turn on" the world around them as they turn off all their electronic diversions.  From left, in front of the Lorenz family television that is blocked off for the week, are: Ella Lorenz, 6, sister Tessa Lorenz, 2, and friend Natalie Lamond, 7, all of Rockport. They are holding toys and books and other things they like to play with instead of watching television.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: Rockport Elementary School will join thousands of schools, libraries, and community groups nationwide in a coordinated effort to encourage millions of Americans to turn off televisions, computers, and video games for seven days. Starting Monday, April 30 through May 6, the school is encouraging its pupils to “turn on” the world around them as they turn off all their electronic diversions. From left: Natalie Lamond, 7, plays at the house of her friend Ella Lorenz, 6, center, and her little sister Tessa Lorenz, 2. The Lorenz family television is above them with a sign covering it for the  week.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: Rockport Elementary School will join thousands of schools, libraries, and community groups nationwide in a coordinated effort to encourage millions of Americans to turn off televisions, computers, and video games for seven days. Starting Monday, April 30 through May 6, the school is encouraging its pupils to “turn on” the world around them as they turn off all their electronic diversions. Playing in front of their family's television that has been blocked with a sign are Ella Lorenz, 6, little sister Tessa, 2, center, and best friend Natalie Lamond, 7, all of Rockport.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Rockport: 
Rockport Elementary School will join thousands of schools, libraries, and community groups nationwide in a coordinated effort to encourage millions of Americans to turn off televisions, computers, and video games for seven days. Starting Monday, April 30 through May 6, the school is encouraging its pupils to Òturn onÓ the world around them as they turn off all their electronic diversions. From left: Ella Lorenz, 6,  her little sister Tessa Lorenz, 2, and Natalie Lamond, 7, Ella's best friend, play near the Lorenz family television that is blocked off for the week.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Gloucester: Cousins of missing toddler Caleigh Harrison have created a poster in her honor. From left are two of her cousins talking about her: Colin Harrison, 12, and Sabella Curcuru, 10, both of Gloucester.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Gloucester: Veterans Memorial Elementary School first grader Chantel Avila feels and smells lemon balm growing in the herb garden section of the school's vegetable garden. There is also mint, oregano and other herbs growing there.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Gloucester: Veterans Memorial Elementary School first grader Chantel Avila feels and smells lemon balm growing in the herb garden section of the school's vegetable garden. There is also mint, oregano and other herbs growing there.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Gloucester: Veterans Memorial Elementary School first grader Chantel Avila feels and smells lemon balm growing in the herb garden section of the school's vegetable garden. There is also mint, oregano and other herbs growing there.
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