HUDSON – The 3-year-old preschoolers at Presentation of Mary Academy had a fun-packed day searching for leprechauns on Tuesday.

Amy Ribeck and Debra Heitmiller’s classes made leprechaun masks and searched the halls looking for leprechaun footprints. The children explored the classroom searching for gold coins to add to their pots for a numbers-based learning adventure.

For their religion lesson, the teachers read a story about the traditions that St. Patrick brought to Ireland. To top off the day, the children were entertained by Assistant Principal Kate Gaudreau and her sister, Ellen Maruszewski, who performed an authentic Irish step dance.