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— Photo by Joann Gigante

Reaching for perfection: Westmere parents shop at the fifth-grade Marketplace on Jan. 3 as Jacob Adams, in the foreground at right, answers a customer’s questions. “Parents and second-graders were given checks or ‘cash’ to buy items. Students put their new economics skills into practice as they had to record purchases, add up profit and make change,” said Westmere teacher Beth Ray.