May 25, 2021 at 11:25 AM
SPARTA, NJ – Students at Helen Morgan School had a special event to conclude their One Book One School. The celebration included guests, essay contest and the planting of a seedling from the Salem Oak, a 565 year old heritage tree that was uprooted and fell in June 2019.
They had finished reading the “Wishtree” by Katherine Applegate and were joined by guests board of education members Kim Bragg, Jennifer Grana, Niamh Grano and Rob Zywicki, Sparta Mayor Christine Quinn, Sparta Interim Superintendent Patrick McQueeney, Freedon Superintendent Matthew Beck, Sparta Historical Society members Marjorie Strohsahl and Renee Ferguson, Helen Morgan School PTO representative Melanie Zywicki.