On Oct. 19, third-graders walked from their school to the grounds to rake leaves and pick up sticks around the city’s most historic site. The group will return again in the spring to clean up and plant flowers donated by a local nursery. The project is a partnership between the school and the city.
Angie Miller, a third grade teacher, is coordinating this year’s visit. She said students are getting an introduction to a lesson they will have in the spring about local history.
“As part of the third grade curriculum, students learn about Fairfield history, including the Symmes family,” Miller said. “They learn that it is important as citizens to care for our community. We are the stewards of the historical grounds and grave markers. Though many of these stones have fallen and are hard to read, it allows them to have a sense of the past.”
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