- April 21, 2025
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Five-year-old Owen Segarra, left, and 7-year-old Ethan Segarra were excited to pick out their green and aqua backpacks.
The glow party inside the Prairie Lake cafeteria offered music and games.
The Hernandez children — Tuhina, 10; Toshan, 8; and Jayani, 7 — chose their backpacks and are ready for the first day of school.
Wearing their brightest colors, Deborah Izzo, left, instructional coach, and Lauren Branch, fourth-grade teacher, show off the contents of the backpacks provided to the school through the XL 106.7 Baby DJ Fund.
Nine hundred backpacks of assorted colors were stacked at the entrance of Prairie Lake Elementary, ready to be handed out to the entire student population. Families were invited to the pick-a-pack and glow party event held Friday, Aug. 2. Additional backpacks will be handed out during the school’s Meet Your Teacher.
XL 106.7 radio station provided the backpacks and their contents — a notebook, folder, pencil and sharpener, glue stick, crayon, ruler and scissors — through the Baby DJ Fund.
Inside the darkened cafeteria, guests could join in a glow party complete with dance music and fluorescent balloons, hula hoops, bracelets and games.
