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“LIGHTS ON!”William Wotring/THc Dominion Posl photosCake winners Jessica Brown, Anna Brown, Aubrey Zgela, Daylene Davis and Sadie Johnson. Cupcake winners Alexia Galusky, Christopher Ohler, Mi ley Allen, Lexus Ramsey and Alyssa Ohler pose for a photo at Westwood Middle Thursday.Cake decorating fun with students at Westwood MiddleBY JIM BISSETTJBissett@DominionPost.comIt was the icing on the cake for Colby Geisel Thursday afternoon at Westwood Middle School.“That looks good, huh?” the 6th-grader said. “I think that’s as good as we’re gonna get it.”Colby and several classmates at the school on River Road were taking part in Westwood “Lights On!” observance — a national enrichment event that about 8,000 schools across the country were also hosting after the sounding of the dismissal bell for the day.“Enrichment,” was both the watchword and ingredient of the day.Well, it was part of several watchwords and ingredients of the day, actually.“Lights On!” was hosted by Westwood’s Project ISAAC initiative.“ISAAC” stands for, Increasing Student Achievement - Advancing Communities, and it’s part of the 21st century Community Learning Center Grant funded by the state Department of Education.Stir all that together, Brandi Wolfe said, and you’ve got a recipe for all the above, with lots of fun sprinkled on top.Stirring and recipes, she knows.Wolfe, who teaches 6th grade reading and language arts, is also a serious baker who has her own business on the side.Jaxson King, Trenton Redman and Sophia Geisel decorate cupcakes at Westwood Middle on Thursday.That’s why she did all that baking beforehand Thursday.She coordinates all the “Lights On!” activities at Westwood.For this one, she thought she’d do a play on the Netflix show “Nailed It!” where teams of budding bakers try to recreate a recipe that came out of a pro’s kitchen.Double-layer cakes and cupcakes were the assignment of the day for Westwood’s budding bakers — plus their moms and dads (and other caregivers) who came out.The object for the local version was to recognize the team that could best recreate Wolfe’s decorations: She presented a cake done out in aSEE LIGHTS, A-3
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