A couple of weeks ago, we received an invitation to attend a dedication ceremony today for a local middle school's outdoor classroom. The invitation included a charming original drawing by one of the students. We were invited because I, with my husband's help, taught a photography workshop to the school's sixth grade science classes last spring...109 students in six sessions a day for five days. The workshop included a photo safari in the outdoor classroom, where students shot nature pictures.
We also donated a bat house to the cause...a bat house built by 4-H'ers that we won as a door prize several years ago at our insurance provider's annual dinner, but that we never got around to using; and my Master Gardener husband donated several butterfly bushes.
It was a very nice dedication ceremony, honoring the Boy Scouts, along with others, who worked hard during this past summer building a concrete walking path, wooden bridge, and classroom benches that make "Ecology Acre" a pleasant learning space. The ceremony included 5th and 6th grade students singing the National Anthem, and reading original nature poems. It was all very touching, and I feel privileged that we were invited to be part of it.
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