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Sator Sanchez and Lynne Thigpen Elementary Schools in Joliet hosted a private pumpkin patch event for their special education students this Halloween. Over 150 students in the Sanchez Adaptive, Behavior, Communication (ABC) program and the Thigpen Living in a Functional Environment (LIFE) program took part in the event, according to a press release from Joliet Public Schools District 86. Each classroom got to visit the outdoor pop-up pumpkin patches at the schools on Oct. 23 and family members were invited to join them while they selected a pumpkin to decorate and took photos. Konow’s Corn Maze in Homer Glen provided over 200 pumpkins for the event as well as the other decorations and entertainment for the students including gourds, corn stalks, hay bales, and a corn kernel pit.
