Rockport: Kindergarten students begin to giggle as they approach their principal to help decorate him with confetti at the Rockport Elementary School gymnasium Thursday morning. Principal Shawn MaGuire won a principal's challenge in a contest sponsored by Stop & Shop, in which he promised to turn himself into a human birthday cake for which the school would received $1,000 as part of the supermarket's A + Bonus Bucks program. Each student got a chance to help decorate the giant cake with such ingredients as shaving cream, silly string, confetti, and giant candles. Pictured here, from left is Eli Mueller, Damian Sorrenti, Catie Story and Sam MacDowell. Mary Muckenhoupt/Gloucester Daily Times

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