BRYAN EATON/Staff photo. Sam Harp, 5, listens as Nicole Floriano, 9, reads "Froggy Gets Dressed" at the Bresnahan School in Newburyport on Friday morning. Pre-kindergartners are paired with the same third-graders for "Reading Buddies" every Friday which helps them foster social skills and friendship as they may wave to each other when they pass in the hallways.

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