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Queen of Heaven Catholic Elementary School - Milton, Ontario

Mrs. Rose Grundy's Grade 3 Class:

Henry Aas Clara Afonso Elle Brennan

Tristan Bucknor Gabriella Chargas Quinn Charles-Wiltshire Alex D. Sawyer Fortier Valentina Martinez, Alessandra Middleton Makayla Miguel Colbie Murray David Emmanuel Ocol Alexandra Rich Matthew Rico Tyler Soares Kaiya Torreno Sofia Vieira Michaela Zareski

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Queen of Heaven Catholic Elementary School - Milton, Ontario

Miss. Christine Dief's Grade 3 Class:

London Atendido Nezzelle Blair Malcolm Brown

Cayla Cardoso Jordan Duguay Ross Fraser

Sofia Fuda Sebastian Glaz Zaiden Hraiche

Tegan Leong Leah Loconte Massimo Lomangino

Aidan Martin Jaiden Melino Deilani Riquelme Alyssa Ross Bella Rusak Jacob Urbaniak

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Queen of Heaven Catholic Elementary School - Milton, Ontario

Miss. Lauren Pellicciotta's Grade 3 Class:

Vivian Bressette Josh Carter Sophia Chin

Leeton Dabu Jana Dowds Ethan A. Fernandes Skyler Hourani Ryan da Costa Krista McEwan

Joseph Mendes Addison Moodie Mateo Ordonez Gavin Putzu Isabella Rodrigues Meagan Trinh Xander Wright Sasha Zajac

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Queen of Heaven Catholic Elementary School - Milton, Ontario

Mrs. Michelle Digout's Grade 3 Class:

Natalia Arias Alfaro Garbriel Camaya Hailey Corpuz

Orion de Vera Tes Dos Anjos Hailey Fernandes Joshua Fernandes Kiara Giannuzzi Aidan MacLellan

Paulina Padtykalava Sloan Roettger Ethan Smith Makayla Supple Tomasz Swietoniewski Kate Theodoulou Owen Radman-O'Connor Psalm Tongol Logan Victoria

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Queen of Heaven Catholic Elementary School - Milton, Ontario

Ms. Kaylyn Dorland's Grade 3 Class:

Ciara Buchanan Olivia Burton Sebastien Cesaer Peter Celec Darien Delevante Joshua Ditommaso Rianne Drew Adrienne Fernandez Austin Jones Isabelle Juan Ferdie Magallanes Temi Mayuku Samuel Ramos Miah Rumble Serena Silva Marin Toneatti Katerina Vander Holt Jaymeson Warner

It was a damp and rainy day and the sky was filled with fog. Five curious Grade 3

friends were walking home from school on a gloomy Thursday. Suddenly, the fog cleared, and they could see in the distance a creepy and run down looking mansion. “Where in the world did that come from?” Walter said. “Maybe we should go check it out and see if anyone lives there!” Angelina said excitedly. “I don’t think that’s a good idea because our parents will be worried if we're not home soon.” Said Luca. “Are you chicken, Luca?” Angelina teased. “It could be the start of a new adventure!” Alyson added. “I’ve never seen this house before. It could be fun to check it out.” Marco agreed. “Oh, alright fine, but I’m not staying for long!” Luca added.

When they walked through the squeaky door, it slammed behind them! “Uggghh guys, the door is locked!!” Luca said with a shiver. “Stop being a baby, Luca. The door is not locked!" said Angelina as she reached for the doorknob. “Uh oh, guys, Luca was right. The door really is locked!!!” she said nervously. Walter reached for the doorknob in a panic and frantically tried to open it. CLUNK suddenly the doorknob fell off and hit the ground.

All five students stood silently and stared at the doorknob laying on the floor. Luca began to argue, “I knew we never should have come in here!!! This is ALL your fault, Angelina!” Marco agreed, “How are we going to get out of here now?!” “Don't blame this on Angelina! She didn't force us to come in here. Walter is the one who broke the doorknob!” added Alyson.

“Guys stop arguing! We need to find a way out of this creepy mansion.” said Angelina. “Yeah,” added Walter “we need to work together to get out of this disaster!”

They began to look around the old dusty hallway to find a way out. The room was filled with paintings on every wall. As Angelina was looking under one of the frames, she noticed a note with a riddle on it. It said,

“Use the paintings in this room

They will guide you to a clue.

Be quick, be smart and always be clever,

This room will help you, if you work together!”

“It's an escape room!” Marco shouted. “What does that mean?” Luca said with a worry.

“It means that we need to solve all the riddles on the paintings, so we can break out of here!” exclaimed Angelina. “Where's the first clue?” Walter asked. “This painting has the number one on it and it's a portrait of a scientist.” Alyson replied.