BETHEL PARK, Pa. — Friday is the final day of school in the Bethel Park School District, but learning won’t stop just because it's summer.
The district created a school garden for every child in the school to participate in planting, getting outdoors, learning time management and responsibility.
The community garden will be worked on all summer long and anything grown will be given back to South Hills Interfaith Ministries.
“We think that it's vital to move beyond the walls of the classroom and start to learn outside, any experience they can get,” Dawn Douds, a first-grade teacher at Abraham Lincoln Elementary, said. “Many of them don't play outside like we used to play outside.”
In addition to the garden, it will be the third summer for a science camp called “Camp Invention.” It’s a national program.
The theme of this year’s camp is fast forward. Campers will do things like building and taking apart robots, and creating a smart house.
“Everything is hands-on. It's really engaging. The program welcomes children of all abilities, which is why we really like it here at Bethel Park,” Laura Huth, director of Camp Invention, said.
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