Center Conway Fire Chief Glenn Merrill hands student Jackson his found gingerbread man, with teacher Heidi Belle-Isle at back, during the annual Pine Tree Primary School kindergarteners' gingerbread hunt on Dec. 18. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kindergartener Negan sits in a Center Conway Fire truck with his found gingerbread man during the annual Pine Tree Primary School kindergarteners' gingerbread hunt on Dec. 18. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kindergartener Willow finds her gingerbread hiding in a tree with classmates and teacher Kathy Carrier looking on at Camping World in Center Conway during the annual Pine Tree Primary School kindergarteners' gingerbread hunt on Dec. 18. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
School Resource Officer Adam Voelbel gets descriptions of the missing "gingerbread clan" from students in the Conway Police Department conference room during the annual Pine Tree Primary School kindergarteners' gingerbread hunt on Dec. 18. Two groups of kindergartners traveled to various stops around the area to track down their handmade gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kennett High Teacher Education students (from left) Lydia Wiggin, Shannon Fay, Sophia Mihelis, Jill Moser, Jordana Twiss and Gabi Cubero stand in front of one of the five murals they created last week to welcome Pine Tree Primary kindergartners to the high school campus. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Kindergartener Lennox holds his found gingerbread man on the Santa Claus chair in Conway Rec's Marshall Gymnasium during the annual Pine Tree Primary School kindergarteners' gingerbread hunt on Dec. 18. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kindergartener Shannon finds his gingerbread hiding in a Conway Police Department hallway during the annual Pine Tree Primary School kindergarteners' gingerbread hunt on Dec. 18. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Center Conway Fire Chief Glenn Merrill hands student Jackson his found gingerbread man, with teacher Heidi Belle-Isle at back, during the annual Pine Tree Primary School kindergarteners' gingerbread hunt on Dec. 18. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kindergartener Negan sits in a Center Conway Fire truck with his found gingerbread man during the annual Pine Tree Primary School kindergarteners' gingerbread hunt on Dec. 18. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kindergartener Willow finds her gingerbread hiding in a tree with classmates and teacher Kathy Carrier looking on at Camping World in Center Conway during the annual Pine Tree Primary School kindergarteners' gingerbread hunt on Dec. 18. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
School Resource Officer Adam Voelbel gets descriptions of the missing "gingerbread clan" from students in the Conway Police Department conference room during the annual Pine Tree Primary School kindergarteners' gingerbread hunt on Dec. 18. Two groups of kindergartners traveled to various stops around the area to track down their handmade gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kennett High Teacher Education students (from left) Lydia Wiggin, Shannon Fay, Sophia Mihelis, Jill Moser, Jordana Twiss and Gabi Cubero stand in front of one of the five murals they created last week to welcome Pine Tree Primary kindergartners to the high school campus. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Kindergartener Lennox holds his found gingerbread man on the Santa Claus chair in Conway Rec's Marshall Gymnasium during the annual Pine Tree Primary School kindergarteners' gingerbread hunt on Dec. 18. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kindergartener Shannon finds his gingerbread hiding in a Conway Police Department hallway during the annual Pine Tree Primary School kindergarteners' gingerbread hunt on Dec. 18. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
CONWAY — Last Thursday, a beloved holiday tradition at Pine Tree School was played out for a 14th year, when students and staff arrived to find their classrooms in disarray, and the 67 gingerbread man paper dolls created by the Center Conway primary school's kindergarten classes had vanished into thin air.
The kids' reaction was "absolute excitement and disbelief,” said kindergarten teacher Heidi Belle-Isle said. “They were so excited about the thought of finding them all!”
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