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To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California.

St Isidore of Seville Virtual Catholic Charter School aimed to provide online instruction that incorporated religious teachings for about 500 students from kindergarten through high school.

One encouraging note is the growing number of students in transitional kindergarten, a new grade that serves 4-year-olds.

Realyn Limbo has been a teacher on the island for 10 years, and seen the school grow from a small hut to full-size school teaching more than 100 pupils, from kindergarten to 18 years old.

The New York native worked in commercials before kindergarten, and as a grade-school student landed the TV role of Opal in “Pee-wee’s Playhouse.”