Friday, April 27, 2012
Center School second-graders assist with planting.
It felt more like winter than spring this monring as Mayfield Village hosted its annual Arbor Day tree planting ceremony. Green space just north of the fire station on SOM Center Road was selected for this year's tree, a little leaf linden planted with assistance from second-graders at nearby Center School. Douglas Metzung, village service director, gave the students a quick lesson about Arbor Day, which was founded by J. Sterling Morton, a journalist from Detroit who moved to Nebraska. "He discovered the importance of planting trees," Metzung said, adding that trees also represent future growth. "We're not looking back, we're looking to the future." He said trees are one of few things that actually get more valuable over time, pointing …
Friday, February 17, 2012
Tour of Mayfield Township Historical Society house covers life in the 1800s.
History came to life for Center Elementary School third-graders with a visit to the Mayfield Township Historical Society house on SOM Center Road. "We give them a little taste of everything," said historical society member Patsy Mills. The tour goes back as far as 1805 with a log cabin recreated in the basement of the historical house. "We teach them about life in a log cabin – your kitchen, utensils, sleeping facilities," Mills said. That task belonged to Joanne Smalakula, who showed students what life was like in 1805 through items such as wooden bowls ("they didn't have dishes"), a fur blanket and a fireplace made of stones from the Chagrin River. "At 7 or 8 o'clock at night that's it, you went to bed because you have to get up at 5 in …
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Caitlyn Bruce co-chaired a schoolwide toy collection for sick children.
Caitlyn Bruce, a fifth-grader at Center Elementary School, was named the Mayfield City School District Student of the Month. Superintendent Phillip Price presented her with a resolution at a recent school board meeting and said Caitlyn has shown a willingness to help other students and staff. "She has offered her assistance in science class with owl pellets, very commendable, and with other presentations such as a voice thread ecosystem project," Price said. He added that she showed leadership skills in co-chairing the school's toy collection for children at Hillcrest Hospital. She also has been featured as a Center Bucketfiller. "She exemplifies the principles of filling the buckets of those around her and she continually exhibits a …
