Leap Into Ballet
Silvia Echeverria could never fit ballet lessons into the family budget for daughter Maria.
That's why the mother of the second-grader at 186th Street Elementary School in Harbor Gateway swelled with pride as she watched her 8-year-old twirl and twist her way through a final dance lesson on Wednesday.
For eight weeks, Maria and the other students in two second-grade classes received ballet training from the San Pedro City Ballet at a reduced rate.
"She liked it a lot," Echeverria said via a translator. "When she gets home, she practices all the steps."
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