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Ironwood Watch DOGS get ready for second year

By RICHARD JENKINS

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IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Area School's Watch DOGS program held a kick-off event Tuesday to begin its second year helping the district.

Watch DOGS, which stands for Dads of Great Students, is a nationwide program designed to increase the number of positive male roles in the students' lives.

"It's a father-involvement program - so getting dads into the school mentoring children," said Amanda Sprague, one of the parents organizing the program. "Generally when we see dads come into the school, it's for a discipline issue. So (Watch DOGS is) a great...

 
 
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