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Volney Fifth Graders Show Their Employable Traits, Participate In Mock Interviews

Students in Bill Cahill’s fifth grade ELA RTI class at Volney Elementary School recently completed an exercise in a mock interview process. The exercise was based on the completion of reading Yes Pa, the autobiography of Fred Sarkis, a retired Rochester businessman who made visits to Volney Elementary for 13 years but is now unable to at age 95.  […]

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‘Prisoner of the Truck’, ‘Yes Pa’ Author and WW II Veteran Visits Volney Elementary School

Fred Sarkis was 12 years old and working 15-hour days on his family’s fruit and vegetable truck, when he learned three important life lessons from his immigrant father. The lessons of enthusiasm, education, and integrity or “The Golden Rule,” each stemmed from his personal, daily experiences he shared with his father.

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