8th-Grade Class Gives Rose Garden to School
The eighth-grade class at George Ellery Hale Middle School presented a rose garden to the school Friday.
The students purchased the 55 red, baby blue and yellow plants with $275 raised during the school year.
An additional 20 rose bushes that currently sit in the garden were bought by the school’s Parent-Teacher-Student Assn.
“The students really seem to appreciate the beauty,†Principal Jeanie Leighton said. “Sometimes I will see a group of them just standing around the garden, looking.â€
The garden, mostly designed by students, uses dusty millers to spell out “Hale.â€
Courtney Scheuerman, 13, made the official presentation of the garden to the school. “This garden is a gift from the eighth grade to all the teachers and parents and staff who work so hard for us every day,†she said.
A $1,000 Statue of Liberty, which forms the landscaped area’s centerpiece, was donated by a local gardener.
