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21st Century Learning with Picaboo Yearbooks

21st Century Learning with Picaboo Yearbooks. 




The School of the Madeleine partners with Picaboo Yearbooks to promote 21st Century Learning skills. Watch the video and see the transformative impact this experience had on our students.

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