Janitzel Wrong Signs

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Someone hands me a bright orange sign that reads, “Janitzel”. It starts raining so we seek shelter under the roof while I look at my sign. “Janitzel”. I stare at it again. “Janitzel”. I’m wondering how to pronounce it and whether I had gotten the wrong sign. I have never heard the name “Janitzel” before. Is it a boy’s name or a girl’s name? Just then, the bus pulls up and they ask us to hold up our signs so the kids coming off the bus can see who they’ve been assigned to. Soon, my little kindergartener comes bouncing off the bus, runs through the puddles and with a smile on her face says, “I’m Janitzel! I’m Janitzel!” And just like that, we become fast friends and go to work. Janitzel is part of an outreach program, called Homework

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