Students at Laraway School in Johnson celebrated the harvest with activities and a guest speaker.
The school cafeteria showcased foods grown in the school’s garden, tended by students and staff. Wheat was threshed, garlic was planted, and pies were baked. Other activities included a downhill sack race, a relay race, a leaf jumping competition and pumpkin carving.
Keith Morris, owner of Johnson’s Willow Crossing Farm, was the guest speaker. The experimental and educational family farm is the birthplace of the Prospect Rock Permaculture Project.
“A lot of our students have missed out on opportunities to simply play,” said Laraway teacher Jessica McCoy. “Harvest Week makes their learning environment enticing and inviting.”
Laraway offers alternative education, therapeutic foster care, and public school based behavioral intervention supports to at-risk children and youth. Information: laraway.org.
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