The students at Weatherbee Elementary School in Hampden, Maine are the new state chess champions, and the only thing more unlikely than their success, is where they found it: in the broom closet.
— The students at Weatherbee Elementary School in Hampden, Maine, may seem peaceful enough.
Which is how they became the new Maine state chess champions. In fact, the only thing more unlikely than their success, is where they found it: in the broom closet. "And at the time I didn't really have any thought of how to teach," Bishop told CBS News."I'd never done that before."
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