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Students plant trees

for the environment

As part of their Fourth Grade curriculum, students from Hoover
Elementary School walked to Attwood Park to participate in
Arbor Day activities last month. The exuberant classes of Amy
Morse and Andrea D’Amico could be heard approaching the park
before they could be seen.
Twenty-three students were selected to read a statement or
fact based on their studies of the land, water, conservation and
ecosystems at a tree-planting ceremony attended by city offi-
cials and community members. Each class formed a line of stu-
dents to shovel dirt into the hole where a Red Sunset Maple was
being planted.
Through a partnership with Friends of the Rouge, the 4th grade
classes at Hoover have been planting trees for Arbor Day for
over 10 years. The classes also have a grant allowing them to
create a community garden at a park by Roosevelt-McGrath El-
ementary.
After posing for pictures with the trees they planted, the stu-
dents were allowed to visit the Playscape. The energy level sud-
denly shot sky high as the group thundered over to the play
structure to expend pent up energy before returning to the class-
room. Photo by Natalie Rhaesa

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