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Outdoor classroom
step closer to reality
Ground broken on classroom, habitat at Perry Middle
lv Toru Jolley
Middle School will soon be host io
I an outdoor classroom and nature habi
tat The classroom will be built in the
I enclosed courtyard
The project calls for a 20-foot x 20-foot deck
vith rool lor a classroom to assemble* an aquatic
irea, a butterfly habitat, and a hummingbird gar
len.
Kathy Shelton, middle school science teacher,
ixplained the concept of the planned outdoor
lassroom as "using the classroom as a tool to
each lessons It is a wonderful nature study,
vriting area, even math Really, it is great across
ill subject areas.”
The courtyard will feature a compost area
vhich will offer learning opportunities not only
•ecycling but regeneration of the soil It will have
aised beds for vegetables and herbs with the
»eeds from one year being used to propagate
:he next crop of plants.
Phase I of the plan has begun Rototilling of
;he courtyard and fertilizing the area was com
aleted recently. Neil Harper ot Hart Nurseries in
Perry- designed the courtyard plans and Bill
Harper, technology lab instructor of Perry High
School, designed the outdoor classroom build
ing.
Shelton said Super Sod donated three pallets
of centipede grass for the courtyard and. with
the preparation ot the soil completed, the sod
will be laid down soon
Work will involve students, teachers, parents,
and volunteers.
Dunn, Rood head to
Florida to share Christ
Perrvan Samantha Dunn
left May 31 for the Summer
Beach Project, sponsored
by Campus Outreach.
She will spent 10 weeks
at Daytona Beach, and will
join with college students
from other
Georgia
schools and
from North
Carolina
schools.
The stu
dents will
share dur
ing week
ends along
the beach
the Christ-
Dunn
ian message using God’s
word.
Weekdays, Dunn and
others will participate in
Bible studies and disciple
ship groups. Part of the
coursework will be about
reaching others for Christ.
Joining Dunn on the trip
will be Kathleen Rood, a
1998 Perry High graduate
and a sophomore at Geor
gia College and State Uni
versity of Milledgeville.
Dunn asks that we keep
her in our prayers and help
her financially. If you
would like to make a dona
tion, please write the check
to Campus Outreach for
Samantha Dunn. Mail to
Summer Beach Project,
Attn: Samantha Dunn,
Sun & Surf Motel, 726
North Atlantic Ave., Day
tona Beach. Fla., 32118.
Samantha was recently
named to the University of
Georgia dean's list.
Kathleen Rood. 1998
Perry High School graduate
and sophomore at Georgia
College and State Universi
ty. will also participate in
Summer Beach Project at
Daytona Beach.
• ••
Congratulations to
Annette Johnson, newly
elected First Vice-Chair
woman of the Republican
State Executive Committee.
More than 1,800 Republi
can activists from around
the state gathered in
Augusta May 21-23 for a
successful ’99 state con
vention.
•••
Sincere sympathy to
George and JNunn
upon the death of her
father. Robert Burton Nor
ton of Columbia. Tenn.,
May 22.
•••
Sincere sympathy to
Frances Lamberth and the
Shelton said, "We are so grateful to the many
people - Jane Lawhorn, Neil Hart, Russell Coop
er, Principal Tom Cupton, Chuck Jones, Bill
Harper, Barbara and Jerry Langston, Mike Huck
abee, Shirley Brown, and Mrs. Coleman s father,
just to name a few. They have helped with this
project. Rachel Thomas and Melissa Lee were
instrumental in getting this project going. Volun
teer help means everything to this project. We
want the community involved."
Later, Phase II will begin. Part of that phase is
the creation of a butterfly habitat. Selected bush
es and flowers known to attract butterflies will be
planted. Similarly, plans proven to attract hum
mingbirds will be used in the hummingbird gar
den.
The plan calls for a pond with aquatic plants
and wildlife such as fish, frogs and, perhaps,
ducks.
A memorial garden is scheduled as well. Shel
ton said the garden is a way to remember those
you love or care about. She mentioned the first
tree to be planted in the memorial garden will be
in remembrance of Pam Little, a PMS teacher
who past away.
“We encourage people to plant a living
memorial for someone special. It could be a tree,
bush, or flower," said Shelton. She said Neil Hart
promised to sell at wholesale any plants that *
someone wanted to donate to the middle school
outdoor classroom
The long-range plans call for a greenhouse, a
sundial, a simulated rain forest which will use
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relatives of Charlie Lam
berth upon his death Mav
27.
• ••
Sincere sympathy to Bar
bara Ray and the family of
former Perry Mayor and
U.S. Congressman Richard
Ray upon his death May
29.
• ••
Sincere sympathy to Mae
Chapman and members of
Tom Chapman's family
upon his death May 29.
• ••
Congratulations to Gloria
Ragland upon her retire
ment from Houston Lake
Country Club. The good
news is that Gloria will
have more time to devote to
her painting. Her popular
November art show and
sale at Houston Lake will
continue to be an annual
event.
• ••
I wonder why they’re
called Easter lilies? Ours
are in beautiful full bloom
and here it is the end of
May. Thank Heaven they
can be forced to bloom any
time.
• ••
Lewis and June Meeks
and Billy and Jeanne Bled
soe have returned from a
European vacation in
France, England and Ire
land. They traveled at 200
miles per hour from Paris
to London, aboard the
“Euro Star." This three
hour train trip runs under
the English Channel. How
ever the “chunnel" ride is
only 20 minutes of the trip.
In Paris while sightseeing
at Sacre Coeur or Sacred
Heart Church they had
somewhat of a homecoming
right in the midst of the
artists and shops of Place
du Terte.
There, they ran into Dr.
Wayne and Charlotte
Bohanan and Tom and Bil
lie Sue Thomson on what’s
becoming an annual Euro
pean jaunt for them. They
were en route to Munich for
a visit with Elko and Hen
derson Village’s Bernhard
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GETTING STARTED
Perry Middle School admin
istration, faculty, students
and supporters join to break
ground for the new court
yard classroom and wildlife
habitat.
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