First-graders at South Athens Elementary School sing beautiful patriotic songs following a Veterans Day breakfast Tuesday morning. Pictured are (front row, from left) Daniela Chairez, Marcquis Utley, Adrian Greenlee, (second row, from left) Oliver Stowell and Alexis Davila. Athens ISD students honored past and present servicemen and women in a variety of ways on Veterans Day, including a parade at Bel Air and an assembly with an honored guest speaker at Athens Middle School. (Toni Garrard Clay/AISD)
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Master Gardeners Awarded for SAE Children’s Garden
By Toni Garrard Clay/Athens ISD Communications Specialist
The partnership between South Athens Elementary and the Henderson County Master Gardener Association is a winning one. In fact, the master gardeners have a plaque to prove it.
For the past five years, the school and the association’s members have teamed up to create a children’s garden at the elementary campus. The garden is used as a learning tool, a way to introduce children to a variety of vegetables, and a way to encourage healthier eating choices. The HC Master Gardeners submitted the South Athens Children’s Garden project in a statewide contest held by the Texas Master Gardener Association. The results just came in, and the county chapter was awarded first place among mid-sized groups for their “exemplary work” in 2013 with the children’s garden.
Master Gardeners Bill and Marie Hancock were at South Athens on Thursday teaching students a lesson on how compost is created and how it benefits the soil. Children also had an opportunity to pick the tomatoes and peppers (no hot varieties) that continue to grow from their spring planting. Continue reading “Master Gardeners Awarded for SAE Children’s Garden”