LBC middle schoolers tend their own garden
By ROB NOVIT
J.D. Norris and daughters Kelly, center, and Lucy finished up the placement of mosaic stepping stones for a garden the girls and their classmaters in Harriett Nix’s art classes are creating to beautify the school courtyard.
For several months, LBC Middle School eighth-grader Melissa Palmer and other art students have been working on a garden within the school courtyard.
The garden features a decorative fence, and the students have done a lot of weeding and trimming of shrubs and bushes.
Earlier this month, the students helped J.D. Norris and his construction company workers set mosaic stepping stones in concrete.
“We’ve cleaned the area up a bit and are making the school look better,” said Melissa. “I think we’ve improved it a lot. Actually getting out there and doing something makes us feel good about ourselves.”
Art teacher Harriett Nix has been working on the project for several years, establishing the Lions Garden Club named after the LBC mascot. The area chosen for the garden was unsightly, not appropriate for an area where students gather several times a day.
The mosaic stones actually were created two years ago by some of her advanced art students.
“This area ought to be beautiful and aesthetically pleasing,” said Nix. “We’ve had many different groups of people working on the project.”
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