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Napoleon students get exercise while they read

NAPOLEON, Mich. (AP) — While her fifth-grade classmates finished writing letters to veterans, Angelica Smetana pedaled her way through "Bambi" on a stationary bike in the corner of the classroom, the classic book propped up in front of her.

"I can exercise and at the same time, I get to read," says Angelica, 10.

When students finish their work in D'Vonne Yonnick's room at Napoleon's...

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