Washington Center students Kaylen Horner, left, and Kathryn Burkhardt, along with their teacher Sharon Russo, display original art of Pete the Cat created especially for Washington Center by illustrator James Dean.
During recent months, several classes used "Pete" as their theme for classroom door and pumpkin decoration contests. "Pete the Cat" books are favorites throughout the school.
Jean Ashmore’s and Sharon Russo’s classes emailed James Dean, the illustrator of the book series, information and pictures about the school. Dean surprised both classes with packages of "Pete the Cat" pictures created especially for the students at Washington Center.