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Brightly colored beads are tucked away safely in a plastic Ziploc baggie on Kenya Davis’ desk. The day s craft workshop is almost over, and it’s nearly time for her favorite activity: chess.
Kenya says she learned how to play chess during the school year, but she’s really grown into it this summer. No one else in her Mount Airy School fourth grade class will play her anymore, though – she s too good.
The chess teacher, Josiah Davis (no relation), is the only one who will play chess with her now. She waits expectedly for him to arrive, a glimmer in her eye and winning smile at the ready.