The garden of good deeds

photo: jennifer gould Western Coventry Elementary students plant bulbs at the Coventry Senior Center.

By JENNIFER GOULD

    COVENTRY - Students from Western Coventry Elementary School recently visited the Coventry Senior Center at 50 Wood Street to plant bulbs in the newly created memorial garden in the front of the Center.

    Through a $1,000 service learning grant from the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development, more than 75 children from Mrs. Lavoie's, Mrs. Martinelli's and Mrs. Scanlon's Third Grade classes gathered on October 14^m with shovels in hand to plant over 250 daffodils, tulips and crocuses.   

    The memorial garden was just one of the projects that the students of Western Coventry Elementary School have been involved in. The "Faces and Places in Coventry" project has taken the students to Parker Woodland on Maple Valley Road in Coventry; for a 'Fields and Forest' program that connects to their science curriculum. The students, explored the grounds to learn about animal habitats and the environment.                            

        The students will continue their learning experience on future trips to Read Schoolhouse to learn about the one room school house in November and back to the Senior Center in December to decorate trees.

        KIDS (Kids Involved Doing Service) Consortiums a nonprofit organization initiated by the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.